BBC iPlayer Blocked Access for All VPN Services

The BBC started blocking internet users from outside of the UK from accessing iPlayer. According to Torrentfreak, there are many reports from VPN users who can no longer access BBC iPlayer from several popular VPN services.

BBC iPlayer is an internet streaming catchup TV service for people in the United Kingdom and abroad. The service is available for a wide range of devices – phones, smartphones, laptops and PCs.  According to BBC report, iPlayer is watched by more than 65 million people using VPN. 38 million people – are users from China.  After the blocking, the most users see the following notice instead:

"We regularly make updates to our technology to help prevent access to BBC iPlayer from outside the UK which breaks our terms of use," a BBC spokesperson told. "BBC iPlayer is freely available to users across the UK without a VPN, and we also seek to ensure users of private VPNs such as those used by schools and companies in the UK have access."

Many VPN users are not happy with the change.

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