CHANGES TO STREAMING SERVICES
What happened to VOD services and how to get around it.
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The Single Market extends to the digital realm and after Brexit occurred certain features of streaming services were severed in the UK. While these changes apply to the average user a VPN could be used to avoid any and all of these changes. The VPN masks your wifi location and allows you to access exclusive internet content from anywhere in the world.
Sources:
https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/uk-streaming-services-after-brexit-changes/
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*****The following information is sourced here: https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/uk-streaming-services-after-brexit-changes/*****
UK:
Only the content available in the UK can be streamed.
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TRAVELING:
UK exclusive content cannot be accessed and users can only watch the content allowed in the country of visit.
UK:
Only UK created content and Netflix originals will be available. Out of the four here, Netflix's library has been hit the hardest.
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TRAVELING: Netflix in-house originals will be the only content that transfers from the UK, anything else depends on the country of visit.
UK:
UK users will only have access to UK content.
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TRAVELING:
Unlike the other services, UK users will only have access to the "watch abroad" section of the app which consists Amazon’s global original programs
UK:
UK users will have full access to the service.
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TRAVELING:
UK users will be unable to access BritBox outside of the UK.
UK:
UK users have full access to the service.
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TRAVELING:
Similar to BritBox, NOW TV is exclusive to the UK and cannot be accessed outside it's boundaries.
UK:
Since all content on Apple TV is original, no content is blocked from UK users.
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TRAVELING:
Content on Apple TV is wholly original allowing the same access to the content in the UK all across the world.
