Watch Your Favourite Swiss Shows From Anywhere
Moving abroad to start a new life is a great adventure which soon becomes the norm and your home. Second nature will spring in to your step and you’ll become a local in no time. But at the end of a hard day, the best thing you may want to do is to sit down in front of the TV and relax. But what’s on?
A lot of content around the globe is locked depending on where you are watching from. Just because you search for schweizer tv im ausland (swiss tv abroad) on your Internet search engine doesn’t mean you’re going to suddenly be given permission to watch the shows you miss. Overcoming geolocation locks can be easily done, and it’s not as complicated as you may think.
VPNs and geolocked content
VPNs, or virtual private networks, can help you to gain access in to large streaming sites around the world. Getting what you need in order to watch your desired content boils down to one thing, and that’s the service provider you choose.
After doing your researchn to find legitimate brands online, your chosen VPN provider can also give details as to where in the world they have servers based. It’s these servers that you join up to in order to connect to the Internet. If a provider has a server in Switzerland you can be allocated a Swiss IP address which will allow you to watch Swiss shows whenever, and wherever, you like.
IP addresses?
Special strings of coding which give details as to where in the world you are from. When trying to watch content online, the broadcasters at the other end will be able to see the IP address and then either let you continue watching the show you’ve selected, or fire up an error message which states you cannot watch the content.
By changing the IP address via a VPN provider, you are affectively changing your location and making the broadcasters believe that you are within the assigned boundaries which allow access to specific pieces of content.
Fernsehen im ausland (or watching TV abroad) can be enjoyed time and time again with this easy method, though other alternative methods include the installation of specific software applications which can also offer international IP addresses.
Why are shows geolocked?
Locking content down in to specific regions is not uncommon in the world of streaming and it’s often no the fault of the streaming service. Many rules, regulations and laws inhibit the movement of some content which is why many users cannot access the content they want.
One of the most well known reasons for content restriction is copyright. There are many clauses tied in to a copyright agreement which often includes actors, concepts and even names of products or places in productions. These aspects of a copyright law place a lot of pressure on streaming services which means they are obligated to do everything they can to adhere completely.
