US Viewers Using Proxies To Watch BBC Olympic Coverage

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday August 1, 2012 @03:27AM from the filthy-pirates-every-last-one dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "NBC is the sole broadcaster of the London 2012 Olympics in the U.S., having paid $1.1bn for the privilege. While NBC is providing live streaming through its website, you need to have a valid cable subscription in order to view the events. This has seen many tech savvy U.S. viewers turning to proxy servers to view the BBC's Olympic coverage, which doesn't need any sign-in to view — once your IP address looks like it is coming from the UK. One provider of VPN services has seen a ten-fold increase in new customers signing up for their services since last Friday."

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Re:Expect networks to run to Congress by ciderbrew · 2012-08-01 03:46 · Score: 5, Informative

In Britain we all have to pay a T.V. licence fee. This money funds the BBC. Watching without paying is illegal. So you are "stealing".
I'm happy for overseas people to pay to be able to get access. I see no reason why overseas subscription isn't an option. The BBC is wonderful and the content should be seen.
Re:Expect networks to run to Congress by h4rr4r · 2012-08-01 04:02 · Score: 5, Informative

This is not true.
You can get out of paying it if you do not own a TV, not sure about computers.
I wish the USA had something like this, or if the BBC would let us sign up.