{"id":848,"date":"2020-04-06T13:08:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/?p=848"},"modified":"2025-02-07T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:07:58","slug":"uktv-online-in-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/uktv-online-in-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enjoy UK TV Channels in USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: medium; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Simple_Method_to_Enjoy_UK_TV_Abroad\"><\/span>Simple Method to Enjoy UK TV Abroad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>This article is going to demonstrate how it&#8217;s possible to access UK TV channels in the USA without investing in expensive subscription plans to cable and satellite TVs.\u00a0 \u00a0You can in fact access everyone of the UK&#8217;s TV stations online from the US with little cost and no real technical knowledge.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/uktv-online-in-usa\/#Simple_Method_to_Enjoy_UK_TV_Abroad\" >Simple Method to Enjoy UK TV Abroad<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/uktv-online-in-usa\/#How_Anyone_Can_Watch_UK_TV_Channels_in_USA\" >How Anyone Can Watch UK TV Channels in USA<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/uktv-online-in-usa\/#Watch_Other_TV_Channels_in_USA_eg_Indian\" >Watch Other TV Channels in USA e.g Indian<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>First of all let&#8217;s remind ourselves of the main UK TV channels which are available for free online &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/stream-bbc-one-in-usa\/\"><strong>BBC<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; arguably the best, has 12 live streaming channels 24 hours a day plus a huge archive called BBC iPlayer.\u00a0 All without any adverts at all and funded via the UK television license &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC iPlayer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/how-to-watch-itv-hub-in-usa\/\"><strong>ITV<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; UK&#8217;s largest commercial TV channel which also broadcasts the majority of it&#8217;s programmes live on it&#8217;s website.\u00a0 Famous for many world class dramas like Downton Abbey and some great reality TV shows like Love Island, The X Factor &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ITV Hub<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/watch-channel-4-online-abroad\/\">Channel 4<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; another popular commercial TV station which broadcasts live online.\u00a0 Their archive is also very impressive and there&#8217;s some great comedies, documentaries, arts programmes and of course lots of reality TV shows too like the quirky Gogglebox &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Channel 4<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Channel 5<\/strong> &#8211; is the newest UK commercial station yet has quickly established a large audience.\u00a0 Probably directed at the slightly younger audience, there&#8217;s lots of documentaries, soaps, comedies and reality shows.\u00a0 Not all shows are broadcast live but most are available in their archive which you can access for free supported by advertising &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel5.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Channel 5<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every one of these channels is available entirely free of charge over the internet, with one small catch &#8211; only if you&#8217;re in the United Kingdom.\u00a0 Like most major media companies, the UK Television companies only allow unrestricted access to their domestic markets.\u00a0 For anyone else they&#8217;ll be greeted with a meeting similar to this &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/itvplayerusa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/itvplayerusa.jpg\" alt=\" UK TV Channels in USA Message\" width=\"636\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/itvplayerusa.jpg 636w, https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/itvplayerusa-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s happening is behind the scenes, a profile is being built up about you when you connect.\u00a0 This profile includes your location which is largely determined from your IP address.\u00a0 This is the unique network address that every device needs when you&#8217;re connecting to the internet.\u00a0 Everything you use online has one of these addresses &#8211; laptops, PCs, smart phones basically any internet enabled device and unfortunately they cannot be changed.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re restricted based on your location and you can&#8217;t change the IP address that determines this then what&#8217;s the solution?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Anyone_Can_Watch_UK_TV_Channels_in_USA\"><\/span>How Anyone Can Watch UK TV Channels in USA<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fortunately there&#8217;s a way to bypass these restrictions and in truth it&#8217;s not very difficult.\u00a0 In fact, it&#8217;s so simple that literally millions of people use the following method to enjoy all the <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/how-to-watch-cbeebies-in-the-usa\/\">UK TV channels from the USA<\/a> and anywhere in the world.\u00a0 The method doesn&#8217;t involve changing your IP address (which is actually extremely difficult to do) rather hiding your address through a third party.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/nord\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-843 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paid-banners-Q1-affiliate-728x90-eur.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paid-banners-Q1-affiliate-728x90-eur.png 728w, https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paid-banners-Q1-affiliate-728x90-eur-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paid-banners-Q1-affiliate-728x90-eur-720x89.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nAll you need to do is to route your connection through a computer located in the United Kingdom for this to work.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t as difficult as it sounds, indeed it can be achieved with a single click if you use the right software.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of how<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_rI5N9aw3S8\" width=\"660\" height=\"615\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>In the video, access to the BBC and all the other <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/how-to-watch-uk-tv-from-usa\/\">UK TV channels<\/a> is achieved by connecting through a VPN service.\u00a0 The VPN (Virtual private network) is a method of securing your internet connection which also grants complete privacy online too.\u00a0 Many of us have used these with our work computers and laptops, yet now they&#8217;re used all over the world as a simple method to bypass all these country based locks and restrictions.\u00a0 \u00a0As you can see in the video, although it sounds technical it just really involves clicking on the right country and waiting for it to connect.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as you&#8217;re connected to a VPN server, then you will appear to be from that location.\u00a0 The websites you visit can&#8217;t see\u00a0 your real location just that of the VPN server, which means it&#8217;s an incredibly simple way to access blocked websites all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>In fact although it&#8217;s often used by Americans to watch UK Television stations like <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/how-to-use-bbc-download-abroad\/\">the BBC<\/a> it&#8217;s usefulness doesn&#8217;t stop there.\u00a0 It can be used when travelling to enable access to US only websites too, as you&#8217;ll find exactly the same thing happens to US media sites like NBC when you travel.\u00a0 What&#8217;s more you can switch the VPN to whatever country you like, the encryption remains the same but it can allow you access to any site in that country.\u00a0 Lots of Americans also use it to watch Canadian TV from the US, and vice versa!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_Other_TV_Channels_in_USA_eg_Indian\"><\/span>Watch Other TV Channels in USA e.g Indian<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to express how useful using a VPN is until you&#8217;ve used them. Most people get used to the &#8216;sorry not available in your location&#8217; type messages without a second thought. However as soon as you have a decent VPN to use which has lots of different countries available then suddenly things change.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly the barriers fall away and it doesn&#8217;t matter where you happen to be &#8211; your location becomes pretty much irrelevant as the VPN can be used to switch it at will. IN the video below you&#8217;ll see how the same VPN can be used to access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vHNLnZhE9qw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indian TV<\/a> stations which broadcast online like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotstar.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hotstar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHNLnZhE9qw\" width=\"660\" height=\"615\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nThe method is nearly identical before you visit your intended website simply enable the VPN and click on the country you need.\u00a0 From that point you&#8217;ll appear to be in that location and all restrictions will be removed and you can watch the same sites as a native viewer could.\u00a0 It&#8217;s especially useful for people who travel a lot, expats or simply have interests in other locations across the world.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re against restrictions and censorship then you should certainly be using some sort of VPN that&#8217;s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re picking a VPN for bypassing geo-restrictions then remember that it&#8217;s primarily the IP addresses that are important.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re primarily interested in streaming UK TV channels then your priority has to be UK IP addresses, make sure they&#8217;re plentiful and work properly.\u00a0 Overuse of IP addresses is the primary reason that VPNs don&#8217;t work, if a service has a couple of British IP addresses shared among thousands of users then they will get blocked.\u00a0 It will happen occasionally even with the most extensive VPN network providers but the best ones ensure that you have plenty of other IP addresses to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>For example with <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/nord\">Nord VPN<\/a> they have hundreds of UK IP addresses and servers so you&#8217;ll always be able to connect.\u00a0 However knowing the popularity of being able to access the <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"23\">BBC<\/a> they have even optimized many servers specifically for this purpose. If you want to watch the BBC and you&#8217;re using NordVPn then make sure you <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/which-nordvpn-servers-work-with-bbc-iplayer\/\">read this post<\/a> about which servers to use for maximum reliability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple Method to Enjoy UK TV Abroad This article is going to demonstrate how it&#8217;s possible to access UK TV channels in the USA without investing in expensive subscription plans to cable and satellite TVs.\u00a0 \u00a0You can in fact access everyone of the UK&#8217;s TV stations online from the US with little cost and no real technical knowledge. First of all let&#8217;s remind ourselves of the main UK TV channels which are available for free online &#8211; BBC &#8211; arguably the best, has 12 live streaming channels 24 hours a day plus a huge archive called BBC iPlayer.\u00a0 All without <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc","category-itv","category-uk-tv","has_thumb"],"modified_by":"dotslash","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions\/2610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}