Sky go abroad

[Adrian W]

First time abroad for a couple of years, didn’t know Sky go is no longer available outside the UK to UK subscribers, funny Sky didn’t tell me that when I renewed or give me a reduction because f it

Edited by Adrian W on Friday 25th March 17:53

[SaulGoodman]

NordVPN good for me on FireStick, mobile, laptop etc

[Adrian W]

Thanks chaps, worth a punt

Someone told me that it has caused huge problems for the brits in Spain

[unident]

Adrian W said:

First time abroad for a couple of years, didn’t know Sky go is no longer available outside the UK to UK subscribers, funny Sky didn’t tell me that when I renewed or give me a reduction because f it

Edited by Adrian W on Friday 25th March 17:53

Why would they give you a discount?

Brexit means that it can’t be used out side the UK anymore. Sunny uplands, woohoo sovereignty.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cross-border-portabili...

Edited by unident on Saturday 26th March 07:18

[Adrian W]

unident said:

Why would they give you a discount?

Brexit means that it can’t be used out side the UK anymore. Sunny uplands, woohoo sovereignty.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cross-border-portabili...

Edited by unident on Saturday 26th March 07:18

Yeh whatever

[GT03ROB]

fesuvious said:

Express VPN worked for me on laptop (but not mobile) to watch F1 in Cape Verde last weekend

Works on my iPad no probs. Quicker than Iplayer.

[unident]

Adrian W said:

unident said:

Why would they give you a discount?

Brexit means that it can’t be used out side the UK anymore. Sunny uplands, woohoo sovereignty.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cross-border-portabili...

Edited by unident on Saturday 26th March 07:18

Yeh whatever

It’s the real answer though, so no point dismissing it.

[Adrian W]

unident said:

Adrian W said:

unident said:

Why would they give you a discount?

Brexit means that it can’t be used out side the UK anymore. Sunny uplands, woohoo sovereignty.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cross-border-portabili...

Edited by unident on Saturday 26th March 07:18

Yeh whatever

It’s the real answer though, so no point dismissing it.

So what the link actually says is Sky don’t have to, not that they aren’t allowed, as with the phone companies some are and some aren’t

[Andy_290]

Express VPN worked for me whilst in Jordan last week, free 7 day trial available

[unident]

Adrian W said:

So what the link actually says is Sky don’t have to, not that they aren’t allowed, as with the phone companies some are and some aren’t

No, it says that Sky aren’t compelled to, as they will no longer hold legal rights to broadcast the shows in the EU. However, they can choose to, if they get permission off each of the rights holders for each show.

[Corso Marche]

Yes, it's rights to programs is the actual issue. Taking one of the largest rights holders as an example HBO are available on their own platform across most of the EU, so if Sky GO was found to be allowing viewing of HBO content in the EU it wouldn't be long before Sky received notifications of impingement on distribution rights. Brexit just reinforced the implications and possible costs/penalties of such impingements.
That's just one example, there are obviously a large number of rights holders out there.

[unident]

Corso Marche said:

Yes, it's rights to programs is the actual issue. Taking one of the largest rights holders as an example HBO are available on their own platform across most of the EU, so if Sky GO was found to be allowing viewing of HBO content in the EU it wouldn't be long before Sky received notifications of impingement on distribution rights. Brexit just reinforced the implications and possible costs/penalties of such impingements.
That's just one example, there are obviously a large number of rights holders out there.

Rights are what’s preventing it now and will prevent it in the future, but previously the EU Portability Agreement trumped that and made it a requirement for exactly the same content to be available within the EU (EEA to be pedantic) as it was in the UK. The revocation of that regulation as part of Brexit meant it was no longer viable for many of these providers to maintain their services abroad. It’s likely they didn’t want to offer it in the first place, so this gives them the perfect opportunity to revert to how it was before.

Roaming charges on mobile phones are another example of this.

[Corso Marche]

It's not that it cost them anymore as it's all hosted and streamed content, so there's no additional overheads. It's down to the possible penalties they could be slapped with for streaming content outside of the area they have distribution rights for. That's it broken down as simply as it can be.
Mobile telcos are more complex.

Back on topic - but finding a suitable VPN provider is probably the easiest solution, as others have said.

[Chris Stott]

Sky go didn’t work in Europe before Brexit… sky switched it off some years ago.

No real hardship for those of us who live here though… I don’t get the fancy UI, but for €25/month I get all the TV channels along with 8,000 HD movies on demand (inc all the box office stuff as soon as they come out) and 1,900 TV series.

[Adrian W]

Chris Stott said:

Sky go didn’t work in Europe before Brexit… sky switched it off some years ago.

No real hardship for those of us who live here though… I don’t get the fancy UI, but for €25/month I get all the TV channels along with 8,000 HD movies on demand (inc all the box office stuff as soon as they come out) and 1,900 TV series.

Sky go worked fine in Spain a week before Brexit

[Chris Stott]

May have worked with the free view channels (excl bbc), but not with any of the sport or film stuff… hasn’t worked with those for at least the 8 years I’ve had my place here in Andalucia.

Works with a VPN.

[moffspeed]

Sky Go block seems to be insurmountable in Spain/Portugal even with a VPN.

If we’re talking about catching up on F1 coverage then the options I’ve identified are a) local bar and a few pints of lager or b) tune into “Servus TV” with your VPN set to Austria.

[Corso Marche]

Has anybody used a Sky Now TV Stick successfully over a VPN when abroad?

And what are Sky like with shared account credentials e.g. logged in at home, but using the stick when abroad or traveling and both devices might be connected simultaneously?

Edited by Corso Marche on Saturday 2nd April 17:35

[Chris Stott]

moffspeed said:

Sky Go block seems to be insurmountable in Spain/Portugal even with a VPN.

If we’re talking about catching up on F1 coverage then the options I’ve identified are a) local bar and a few pints of lager or b) tune into “Servus TV” with your VPN set to Austria.

I’m not 100% as I don’t need sky go anymore, but have you tried Nord?

BBC iPlayer is a PITA over here (Spain) with most VPN’s and doesn’t work with the vast majority of Nord severs as BBC blocks most VPNs. But Nord add new servers from time to time and I’ve always been able to find one that works when needed.

[PF62]

Chris Stott said:

moffspeed said:

Sky Go block seems to be insurmountable in Spain/Portugal even with a VPN.

If we’re talking about catching up on F1 coverage then the options I’ve identified are a) local bar and a few pints of lager or b) tune into “Servus TV” with your VPN set to Austria.

I’m not 100% as I don’t need sky go anymore, but have you tried Nord?

BBC iPlayer is a PITA over here (Spain) with most VPN’s and doesn’t work with the vast majority of Nord severs as BBC blocks most VPNs. But Nord add new servers from time to time and I’ve always been able to find one that works when needed.

Just run your own VPN server back home in the UK, then you appear to be at home as far as Sky, BBC, etc. are concerned and are not using an easily identifiable commercial VPN.