UK TV Router, VPNs, Sky On Demand, BBC Iplayers, UK TV Catch UP Services
The UK TV Catch UP TV services, such as BBC Iplayer, ITVPlayer, All4 (formally 4OD), Demand 5, and Sky Go, provide users with the ability to catch up on any TV that they may have missed when it was originally transmitted.
These are not “linear” TV services, and are not received by a TV aerial or satellite dish, but by an ADSL High Speed Internet connection.
However, these UK TV Catch UP services are designed for use by people living inside the UK. It is not designed for people living outside the UK. And so, if you try to use these UK TV Catch UP services outside the UK, you will find that the content is blocked.
This “geo-blocking” is done by the UK TV Catch UP services checking to see if the IP address (your internet connection address) is in the UK. If the IP address does not original in the UK, then the UK TV Catch UP content is blocked.
The only way to watch the UK TV Catch UP services outside the UK is to use a service like a VPN service or a SMART DNS service that makes it look like you are connecting to the internet from within the UK.
Sky On Demand UK TV Catch UP Service
Sky On Demand is available to all Sky subscribers with a Sky+HD digibox.
Sky On Demand downloads the programmes you choose to your Sky Planner on the inbuilt hard drive of your Sky+HD digibox.
Click here for more information on UK TV Catch UP services on Sky +HD Digiboxes
Freesat UK TV Catch UP Services and Freesat Freetime
The UK TV Catch UP Services such as BBC Iplayer, ITVPlayer, All4 (formally 4OD), Demand 5, are also available on Freesat set top boxes.
Freesat set top boxes streams the programmes you choose directly from the internet.
Click here for more information on UK TV Catch UP services on Freesat
UK TV Routers
Using a Smart DNS service, you can input the DNS setting directly into your satellite receiver, so no separate router is required.
With a Smart DNS service running on your Sky digibox or Freesat satellite receiver, means that you can use the TV Catch UP Services such as BBC Iplayer, ITVPlayer, All4 (formally 4OD), Demand 5, Sky On Demand and Sky Go.
Click here for more information on Routers for UK TV Catch UP services
Top VPN Services for a UK IP Address for a UK TV Router in Spain
Click here for more information on some of the top and best VPN and Smart DNS services
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