People who has spent any time abroad whether on holiday or working overseas will soon realize what good worth the BBC licence is and what top of the range programming the BBC and other UK TV channels provide.

The BBC and other UK TV networks broadcasters use an IP address based system to define which people can watch their content and spectators whose IP address isn't in the UK will get a message 'Not available in your area' when attempting to use iPlayer.

Part of the cause of this is to protect their income, for instance, popular dramas like the excellent BBC production of 'The diary of Anne Frank' will be sold to other states and the revenue made will be used to pay for other productions.




Much of the content shown by the BBC is not owned by them but is 'rented' just like you and I might hire a film from a video shop. In these cases, the BBC or ITV will only have bought the rights to air the content on regular TV and won't be able to make it available on the web.

Examples of this are blockbuster films and huge sports events such as soccer matches. In these instances, net viewers will get a message to the effect that 'for legal reasons, the show can only be viewed on regular television'.

Using our software helps you to watch BBC iPlayer and other UK (and even US) based channels without the limitation of being in the United Kingdom by fetching net pages for them, i.e. By acting as a 'proxy'.

It should be observed that we do not condone or inspire people to smash the law or evade paying a licence fee. Our software is intended for UK residents to allow fellow UK license payers to keep up to date with UK content while abroad.

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