How an American Can Stream the BBC’s Official Olym

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How an American Can Stream the BBC’s Official Olympics Coverage and Overcome #NBCFail

Thorin Klosowski
If you're outside of the United Kingdom then getting a good live feed of the Olympics isn't easy. NBC is streaming some video, but it's ugly, slow, and requires a cable subscription. Worse, what they're showing on their over-the-air broadcast is tape delayed. In short, NBC is failing to deliver suitable coverage in a connected age. If you don't want the internet (or the morning newspaper, in some cases) to spoil everything, here's how to get access to the official (and excellent) BBC live streams.
Tapping into the BBC web site gives you live streams of nearly every major Olympic event. This means you can stay up-to-date with all the gold medals before most people in the United States even have the opportunity to watch the events—an absurd scenario in a connected world.

The catch: the BBC's live video streams are region locked, meaning you're supposed to be connected to the internet in the UK to access it. Thankfully, a little know-how will get you around that lock and watching live, silky smooth HD feeds direct from the BBC.

To do this, we're going to use the DNS routing service Unblock Us. We tried a few different options, and Unblock Us gave us the highest quality streams with the least amount of hassle. Unblock Us is free for one week (perfect for an Olympic-sized trial), or $4.99 for the month. Set up is very simple and works well on a ton of different devices. Within five minutes we were watching men's field hockey. Here's how to set it up.

lifehacker.com/5930437/how-an-american-can-stream-the-bbcs-official-olympics-coverage-and-overcome-nbcfail

The rest of the instructions are in the link if anybody is interested. (I can C&P the rest if you need but figured it was long)

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I've also heard of people using Expat Shield.

[bqbride]

I could kiss you both on the mouth right now. I have so much to catch up on!