People who has spent any time abroad whether on holiday or working overseas will soon realize what good value the BBC licence is and what high quality programming the BBC and other UK television channels provide.

The BBC and other UK TV networks broadcasters use an IP address based system to define who can watch their content and viewers whose IP address is not in the UK will get a message 'Not available in your area' when making an attempt to use iPlayer.

Part of the reason for this is to protect their revenue, for instance, popular dramas such as the excellent BBC production of 'The diary of Anne Frank' will be sold to other nations and the cash made will be used to pay for other productions.

Some of the programs shown by the BBC is not owned by them but is 'rented' just like you and I would hire a film from a video shop. In such cases, the BBC or ITV will only have bought the rights to air the content on regular TV and won't be able to make it available on the internet.

Examples of this are blockbuster films and huge sporting events like soccer matches. In these instances, Internet spectators will get a message to the effect that 'for legal reasons, the programme can only be viewed on regular TV'.

Using our system helps you to watch BBC iPlayer and other UK (and even US) based content without the limitation of being in the United Kingdom by fetching net pages for them, i.e. By acting as a 'proxy'.

It should be spotted that we do not condone or encourage people to break the law or evade paying a licence fee. Our software is structured for UK residents to allow fellow UK license payers to keep recent with UK content whilst abroad.

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BBC iPlayer Proxy
Methods to Watch BBC iPlayer Abroad