There are lots of these VPN programmes on the market, the one I use and demonstrated in the video is called Identity Cloaker. So yes, you can get BBC iPlayer in Spain. The VPN programme routes all your traffic through a UK based server, which because it has a UK IP address means that you will get the domestic version of the BBC which includes BBC iPlayer and the facility to watch any of the BBC channels live. This video demonstrates how it works on a normal computer or laptop –Īs you can see it’s just a matter of hiding your real location and fooling the BBC website that you are in fact in the UK. Well as thousands of people in Spain have found out, fortunately you can watch anything from the BBC in Spain using something called a VPN program. So can you watch BBC iPlayer abroad, well as a standard user I’m afraid not – but there is a way round this situation. It’s not just in Spain, you will see this International version from anywhere outside the UK. This is the international version of the BBC website and it is missing two key sections – TV and BBC iPlayer from the options. The layout changes and has a more international feel, but the major difference is the top menu highlighted. If you’re in Spain, you’ll see a completely different site than from the UK for example – here’s a screenshot of the Spanish version of the BBC site. Which sounds fine until you hear the next step – this classification determines what you can actually access on the site. From Paris you’re classified as a French user and so on. So when you visit a big web site like the BBC from a computer located in Spain then you’ll be classified as a Spanish user. It’s fairly simple to do, and most sites can work out your physical location fairly accurately using this method. What happens is that when you visit a web page, the site looks up your internet address and works out your location. The vast majority of the web’s largest sites employ this method and it is used to control access to their pages and content. One of the more annoying technologies which is increasingly found online is something called ‘region locking’ or ‘geo-targeting’. A simple enough question but it needs some background information to answer. It’s a question often asked by travellers, expats and holiday makers – Can I get BBC iPlayer in Spain?.
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