How to Watch ABC iview outside Australia
"Want to watch ABC News 24 online when you're travelling overseas -- or just enjot some of your favourite TV shows using online 'catch-up' channels like the ABC's iView and programmes from the commercial channels?"
ABC iview is a video on demand and Catch up TV service run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The service became available on 24 July 2008.This was the next step after the podcasting of programmes since July 2006. Currently, this site is only viewable to users in Australia. The site streams video in 650kbit/s H.264 format. The iview website uses the RTMP protocol, and is thus officially accessible mainly on platforms supported by Adobe Flash, however the iPad and internet connected TVs such as Sony and Samsung provide access through the use of native applications.
Fortunately, there's an easy workaround for these restrictions. It's a clever bit of technology called a 'Virtual Private Network' or Australia VPN, which disguises your location to make it appear that your notebook, tablet or even your smartphone is still in Australia.
How to unblock the ABC iview abroad?
VPN stands for "virtual private network" and it works by creating an encrypted link between your computer and a server somewhere else. It's somewhat similar to the technology used by banks to secure online banking websites between your browser and the bank's computers.
The technology was originally invented to allow businesspeople to connect in to their company network from remote locations safely, encrypting company info as it was transmitted across the internet so nobody else could tap into the connection and harvest it.
However, VPNs have a wonderful side-effect that can help travellers craving a hit of Australian TV while they are overseas: the location of your computer, when connected to a VPN, is disguised. If you are in the USA and connect to a VPN server in Australia, your computer will appear to be located in Australia.
This defeats the 'geoblocking' that the TV networks' websites use to stop people accessing the videos outside Australia.
The Australia VPN is an easy-to-use application that allows you to bypass this kind of limitation. It establishes a connection to VPN servers that provide new IPs, within their locations.
It's not as easy as you'd hope: the TV networks block their online video channels to Internet users from outside Australia.
Just follow the steps outlined in this article (we've covered how to do it for both Mac and Windows).
When you change to Australia ip address. You should now be able to access any of the Australian TV websites to watch full episodes online, and live ABC News 24 streaming video.
Once you've selected the Australian server, You should now be able to access any of the Australian TV websites to watch full episodes online, and live ABC News 24 streaming video — from anywhere in the world.
Unblock ABC News 24 to Aussies overseas
iView isn’t available overseas either, and the ABC has said in the past that this is because it can’t get global streaming rights to many programs. That should arguably be less of an issue for news content — while the News 24 service includes streamed BBC World News content, that would be pretty easy to exclude from an on-site streaming option for overseas IP addresses. The news FAQ says that copyright on footage from Reuters and other agencies prevents ongoing streaming, but that wouldn’t necessarily block selected ABC programs which are repeated on the channel.
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