ok. so i wanna watch the bbc coverage of the Olympics, but, being in japan. it wont let me.

ive read that you can just change ur proxy? i really have no idea.. i dled foxyproxy for my firefox, but its all really confusing.

anyone doing this at the moment? care to help?!! thanks

Google 'free proxy server' and see what you get. Something like this, maybe:

http://www.freeproxyserver.ca/

i need a UK address to view BBC videos.. all the proxys on the web seem to be outside the uk?

I would be very intrested in a solution to this as my girl want to watch CMT ouside of the US

theres thousands of websites that give you millions of location specific proxies.

But they almost always have very little bandwidth and are heavily used by many people.

So using a free proxy found on the net, to stream video is unlikeley to work.

I am sure japan's national TV network has olympic coverage too. If you dont understand it, then try USA etc?

the US companies are the same as the UK... need to be a resident.

rather annoying really, as was hoping this would mean i could get the bbciplayer to work, and watch Canadian icehockey coverage... alas..

thanks for the help anyway..

So do I need to find a proxy site in the US and the surf from that site to CMT...?

my understanding is.... you need to use a us proxy, in your web browser settings... then their website thinks you are in the US, and will let you see their stuff.

i think

try using tor - tor.eff.org - but depending on the time of day will be slow whilst all those anonymous people download porn.

ABC started their streaming service on their website today. Users from the USA are able to watch episodes of Lost, Desperate Houswives, Alias and others right from the website. Unfortunatly they check your IPs origin and decline access if the whois turns out to be from outside the USA. But as always, there is a way around this restriction.
This is slighty complex but you should get used to the procedure. All you need is a http proxy that is hosted inside the USA and does not spill your IP address. To achieve this you need a application that checks proxy servers for those variables. I recommend Charon for this task but you could use other tools as well.
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]http://www.project2025.com/charon.php[/SIZE][/FONT]

Download Charon from the website mentioned, you don´t need to install it at all, just extract the contents to a directory of your choice.
Fire it up, you have no proxy list yet so you could use google to find some lists or let charon do that for you. Simply select Check Proxies and then Scan Search Engines for new Proxies. Charon will find some proxies that are then displayed in the table. Those are unverified, now select Check Proxies and Check Anonymity of all Proxies. This might take some time. If you only recieve bad and timeouts you have to change one option in charon.
Select Connect Options and chose Use External Judge(s).
Let it test the proxies. If you have enough good ones or a finished test sort the proxies by the Country tab. Only USA proxies are working so we need one of those. The Anonymity tab should state YES. If both are correct right click the line and select Copy to clipboard and Copy selected IP:Port.
Open your browser and paste the proxy address into its proxy settings. For firefox you select Tools >> Options >> Connection Settings >> Manual Proxy Configuration and add the proxy and port there. Close the options and visit the abc streaming site. If you see a Launch button you are ready to enjoy the tv shows. If not try another proxy from the list.
I checked the service with this proxy and it worked flawlessly: 192.104.67.250 port:8080

Like this...?

Pete, are you from Windsor (Ontario)?

nope.. Esher, Surrey (currently in Japan)

ive been to Windsor Ontario though...

I've been trying to use proxies to watch US based music videos, but like DFP said they have so little bandwidth I was unable to even stream a 3 min video, let alone an olympic set from iPlayer...

http://proxy.org/ lists a set of proxy sites on the right with their country of origin if you want to give it a go, but chances are it won't work.

There are other ways of 'changing' your IP though, give it a google...

There are other ways of 'changing' your IP though, give it a google...

Could you give me a clue?

Read this http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/proxy-through-ssh/

and then search for free shh account or free shell account in the required country. That should work. I've done similar but already had the shell account so I don't know the restrictions on free ssh accounts. I think you should get better results witht his than using the free proxy services as the free proxys are so over run.

You are a popstar Tommy my girlfriend is a big Country and Western fan she used to listen to it as a little girl in Trinidad if I can hook her up with CMT which she once had but then was gone I'll be getting well looked after mateyboy thank you I'll check this out tonight and try and figure it out.

Ah. The Detroit logo + calling it "Canadian Ice Hockey" made me think you were a Windsorian (the only Canadians who really should be allowed to root for Detroit).

the only Windsorian i know is a hawks fan... strange block.

yeh, sorry.. im one of the few hockey playing people in the UK (well, was).. and supported the Wings cos my cousin did (its been 13 years now, not simply a glory hunter)...... so yeh, can see how you came to your conclusion!

as long are you arnt a Leafs fan, we can be friends horatio

I'm a Habs supporter.

And by supporter, I mean, if I was asked who I would like to win, I'd say Montreal. But if you made me watch every game in a season, I would want to kill myself.

thats ok.. was in montreal last year, lovely city :)

May be useful, good for watching the footy sopcast is decent for me: http://www.myp2p.eu/

It's hardly running a mock.