
Now you can stream BBC iPlayer in USA for free. Once connected, visit BBC iPlayer website or launch the app. The series pits trolls, werewolves, wizards and other improbable heroes against an evil plot to resurrect a great dragon. Launch PureVPN app and log in with your credentials. BBC America: The Watch, an unlikely group of misfits, finds the guts to save the world, surprising even themselves in the process. This figure came from Global Web Index, not the BBC. Here is how to get BBC iPlayer in the USA: Sign up and Download PureVPN on your device.
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Updated 20/10/15, 13:40: This story originally claimed the BBC had said 60 million people were watching iPlayer for free outside the UK. BBC iPlayer and the content on it is paid for by UK licence fee payers in the UK and we take appropriate steps to protect access to this content". All our evidence shows the vast majority of BBC iPlayer usage is in the UK.

They also offer a handy 30-day money-back guarantee so you can try the service out before committing to. We recommend NordVPN because they are a well known, reliable service, with 605 servers in the UK. A BBC spokesperson told TorrentFreak, which originally reported the latest VPN clampdown, that "these figures simply aren't plausible. If you want to unblock iPlayer in the USA or anywhere else, all you need to do is follow these steps: Subscribe to a VPN for BBC iPlayer. However, there's some debate even within the BBC about that high global viewing figure. In July, the Global Web Index claimed that over 60 million people were watching iPlayer for free outside the UK - a figure the BBC said was not plausible. While BBC radio is a major national export and PR tooldesigned to " the UK to the world", the BBC's TV services are intended only to be watched by the licence payers who fund them. At the time, the BBC reported that the app never launched in the USA due to US pay-TV providers threatening to drop the BBC Worldwide channel.Ĭutting off unpaid overseas access is hardly a surprising move on the part of the national broadcaster.

Unfortunately for viewers in Europe, Australia and Canada, the BBC's little-known, iOS-only Global iPlayer service shut down earlier this year, and there's no immediate sign of a replacement on the horizon.
