TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England

Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by DrBazza on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @07:45AM (#25832932)

> My girlfriend would gladly pay for being able to access BBC UK series, but that's apparently impossible.

There's the Britbox streaming service, but I have no idea whether it is international. Otherwise, there's limited amounts of BBC content on Netflix. But again, that may just be the UK version.

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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by Hard_Space on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:15AM (#25833123)

It's not international, and is jealously geo-blocked. As a Brit expat, I wish it was available. They are effectively refusing my custom, presumably because they can make more money from international licensing deals for terrestrial stations and higher-reach streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon.

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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by philk10 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:18AM (#25833580)

I'm a Brit expat who is very fond of his VPN service and wishes he could give the BBC the money instead of them...

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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by DrBazza on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:49AM (#25833874)

Can you use a VPN, and your parents or friends postcode in iPlayer?

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