watching F1 abroad via sky Go

[hairyben]

Thanks for the tips, will install a couple to try

rscott said:

Sky have been working on VPN detection - several reports on their forum and elsewhere that some of the big providers no longer work...

Why are sky that bothered? Yes they have a regional license and no doubt a requiremnt to police it to some degree but is a few ex pats and holidaymakers using paid subscriptions ruining anyones business model?

[rscott]

hairyben said:

Thanks for the tips, will install a couple to try

rscott said:

Sky have been working on VPN detection - several reports on their forum and elsewhere that some of the big providers no longer work...

Why are sky that bothered? Yes they have a regional license and no doubt a requiremnt to police it to some degree but is a few ex pats and holidaymakers using paid subscriptions ruining anyones business model?

Because they get pressure from the content providers to do so. Remember how long it took before Fox would even allow the Simpsons to be streamed?

[rdjohn]

rscott said:

hairyben said:

Thanks for the tips, will install a couple to try

rscott said:

Sky have been working on VPN detection - several reports on their forum and elsewhere that some of the big providers no longer work...

Why are sky that bothered? Yes they have a regional license and no doubt a requiremnt to police it to some degree but is a few ex pats and holidaymakers using paid subscriptions ruining anyones business model?

Because they get pressure from the content providers to do so. Remember how long it took before Fox would even allow the Simpsons to be streamed?

It is something that the EU failed to get a grip of. Technology runs way faster than politics.

If you buy a product, you expect to have freedom of movement. Services, is very heavyly regulated, but with copyright, they have not begun to scratch the surface. If you have paid for the content, it should be available to enjoy anywhere in Europe.

Having failed to act quickly, pirated streams have become widely available.

[HardtopManual]

rdjohn said:

Having failed to act quickly, pirated streams have become widely available.

The media companies fail to see that this impacts their own incomes. When I spent a few months in Spain last year, I cancelled my monthly NowTV Sky Sports pass (because I couldn't get it to work even with a private VPN) and simply BitTorrented the full Sky race packages the day after the race.

I'd rather have paid the money and watched the races live, but that wasn't an option, so I stopped paying money to Sky.

[rscott]

rdjohn said:

rscott said:

hairyben said:

Thanks for the tips, will install a couple to try

rscott said:

Sky have been working on VPN detection - several reports on their forum and elsewhere that some of the big providers no longer work...

Why are sky that bothered? Yes they have a regional license and no doubt a requiremnt to police it to some degree but is a few ex pats and holidaymakers using paid subscriptions ruining anyones business model?

Because they get pressure from the content providers to do so. Remember how long it took before Fox would even allow the Simpsons to be streamed?

It is something that the EU failed to get a grip of. Technology runs way faster than politics.

If you buy a product, you expect to have freedom of movement. Services, is very heavyly regulated, but with copyright, they have not begun to scratch the surface. If you have paid for the content, it should be available to enjoy anywhere in Europe.

Having failed to act quickly, pirated streams have become widely available.

The EU have made some rulings regarding streaming availability across the EU but they're unlikely to be in place before we leave.
They could have gone for the easier digital services years ago (why does an iTunes purchase cost more in the UK than France...)

[hairyben]

rdjohn said:

It is something that the EU failed to get a grip of. Technology runs way faster than politics.

If you buy a product, you expect to have freedom of movement. Services, is very heavyly regulated, but with copyright, they have not begun to scratch the surface. If you have paid for the content, it should be available to enjoy anywhere in Europe.

Having failed to act quickly, pirated streams have become widely available.

motoGP.com subscription costs half in europe what it does in the uk, and checks you ip location when you buy to ascertain this. Once you buy it you can use it wherever you like though.

Great things, vpn's

[CraigyMc]

rscott said:

The EU have made some rulings regarding streaming availability across the EU but they're unlikely to be in place before we leave.
They could have gone for the easier digital services years ago (why does an iTunes purchase cost more in the UK than France...)

Depending on the terms of brexit, it's entirely feasible that the UK will have to abide by new EU regs going forward anyway, just as Switzerland and Norway have to.

[Boylston]

I regularly use skygo abroad to watch F1 whils travelling for work.

I have a VPN server setup at home and a laptop using a HDMI connection to the TV. Works super well.

Simon

[LocoBlade]

As well as those mentioned above, a couple of other things I found helped getting TV apps to work when VPN'ing in from abroad, some were hit and miss so I'm not entirely sure if they helped or not but worth a try. The first I'm guessing is only available on Android devices as Apple tends to restrict stuff like this a lot more:

• Use a mock location app so the Android device gives the app a UK GPS location, I used "Fake GPS" from the Play Store, you need Developer Options enabled on your phone to enable it, then set Location Detection to "Device Only" so it doesn't use WiFi and phone mast triangulation as well.
• Manually set DNS servers in your network setttings to UK based DNS servers, e.g use your own ISP's servers or just google "UK DNS Servers"
• Turn Data Roaming off but leave data on
• Reinstall the app if it didnt work first time, I found with a couple (All 4 and I think iPlayer) that they seemed to cache the location prior to trying some of the above and only worked again after an uninstall / reinstall.

[Supersam83]

I use VyprVPN

https://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn

They also make it so easy with Apps for iOS and Android and desktop programs as all so you don't need to set anything up.

[HoHoHo]

Just watched the qualifying whilst in Antigua.

VPN through the office and even with poor wifi speed no issues aside from the odd blurry moment. Sky isn't currently blocking VPN use.

Not sure why but it has a different feel when the temperature is 30 and you're overlooking a sandy bay

Well done Lewis and I also had a little chuckle when FA had his moment

[rscott]

HoHoHo said:

Just watched the qualifying whilst in Antigua.

VPN through the office and even with poor wifi speed no issues aside from the odd blurry moment. Sky isn't currently blocking VPN use.

Not sure why but it has a different feel when the temperature is 30 and you're overlooking a sandy bay

Well done Lewis and I also had a little chuckle when FA had his moment

They seem to be targeting users of commercial VPN /smart DNS services rather than users connecting via corporate/home VPN. Presumably they're detecting and blocking the IP ranges used by those providers.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Just used Norton vpn whilst in France, Austria and Italy. Was able to watch Sky Go everywhere except for one hotel where Norton would not connect.

Didn't make the F1 any less dull though!

[Vaud]

HardtopManual said:

and simply BitTorrented the full Sky race packages the day after the race.

If you follow the Reddit threads there is a Google drive trick which avoids the need for torrents - direct download.

[RammyMP]

I'm in Portugal at the moment, Sky Go is working via Tunnel Bear.

[GCH]

Sky have made it such a mission to watch on my mac.... I have to install their software (which makes it run very hot indeed) , then activate my VPN.

Despite paying for sky, it is quicker and easier to just watch it via an HD streaming site.

[CraigyMc]

GCH said:

Sky have made it such a mission to watch on my mac.... I have to install their software (which makes it run very hot indeed) , then activate my VPN.

Despite paying for sky, it is quicker and easier to just watch it via an HD streaming site.

Process to fix that, on mac:
http://community.sky.com/t5/Sky-Go-Apps/New-Sky-go...

Edited by CraigyMc on Monday 24th July 09:37