I'm an American and I want to watch the Olympics. What do I do?

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Post by sudonim » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 9:40 PM UTC

I'm an American and I want to watch the Olympics. What do I do?
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Post by startupmum » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 9:49 PM UTC

Get a VPN that gives you a UK IP and watch it on the BBC website. Got tons of results on http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=uk+ip+vpn

I use a similar one to access Facebook when traveling to China.

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Post by frozenflame » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 10:09 PM UTC

Ask a friend or family with the required cable package for their login info. A more social than technical hack, but it works very well.

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Post by bkor » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 10:10 PM UTC

In the Netherlands you can watch it via NOS. They have explanations for how to watch it on your pc, mobile, tv, radio, twitter/fb. See http://nos.nl/os2012/volg-de-spelen/.

To watch on your pc, they partnered with Youtube Live: http://www.youtube.com/user/nosnlsport

which gives me: "The uploader has not made this video available in your country. " which is a bit strange (living in the Netherlands).

Fortunately it is quite easy to proxy stuff via the UK :)

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Post by OmarIsmail » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 10:12 PM UTC

Sign up for www.unblock-us.com or www.unotelly.com and watch the amazing BBC coverage on iPlayer. Super super simple setup.

Personally, I prefer www.unblock-us.com

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Post by rwmj » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 10:13 PM UTC

Rent a VM in a UK colo (I recommend http://www.bytemark.co.uk/), and use get-iplayer (http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer/html/get_iplayer.html) to download programs from the BBC.

Edit: Even though I live in the UK, this is how I watch TV because with a bit of scripting it's a lot more convenient than having a TV.

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Post by sudonim » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 10:13 PM UTC

frozenflame wrote: post #3

Ask a friend or family with the required cable package for their login info. A more social than technical hack, but it works very well.

Out of curiosity, is there just an advertisement for 20 seconds at the beginning of a live stream? Or do they have commercial breaks?

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Post by roadnottaken » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 10:14 PM UTC

OmarIsmail wrote: post #5

Sign up for www.unblock-us.com or www.unotelly.com and watch the amazing BBC coverage on iPlayer. Super super simple setup. Personally, I prefer www.unblock-us.com

How does this work?

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Post by ConstantineXVI » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 10:16 PM UTC

frozenflame wrote: post #3

Ask a friend or family with the required cable package for their login info. A more social than technical hack, but it works very well.

We have the relevant package; but Insight won't even acknowledge our login to use the app. They can keep their streams and ad-views if they don't want to make it even half-usable.

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Post by bdz » Sat, Jul 28, 2012, 10:17 PM UTC

does this work in the us? http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html

this is the official european broadcast stream. simply the best, every event in live and you can also replay them. plus there is no commentator here, just the raw broadcast (i hate when commentators talk too much...)