ABC started their streaming service on their website today. Users from the USA are able to watch episodes of Lost, Desperate Houswives, Alias and others right from the website. Unfortunatly they check your IPs origin and decline access if the whois turns out to be from outside the USA. But as always, there is a way around this restriction.
This is slighty complex but you should get used to the procedure. All you need is a http proxy that is hosted inside the USA and does not spill your IP address. To achieve this you need a application that checks proxy servers for those variables. I recommend Charon for this task but you could use other tools as well.
Download Charon from the website mentioned, you don´t need to install it at all, just extract the contents to a directory of your choice.
Fire it up, you have no proxy list yet so you could use google to find some lists or let charon do that for you. Simply select Check Proxies and then Scan Search Engines for new Proxies. Charon will find some proxies that are then displayed in the table. Those are unverified, now select Check Proxies and Check Anonymity of all Proxies. This might take some time. If you only recieve bad and timeouts you have to change one option in charon.
Select Connect Options and chose Use External Judge(s).
Let it test the proxies. If you have enough good ones or a finished test sort the proxies by the Country tab. Only USA proxies are working so we need one of those. The Anonymity tab should state YES. If both are correct right click the line and select Copy to clipboard and Copy selected IP:Port.
Open your browser and paste the proxy address into its proxy settings. For firefox you select Tools >> Options >> Connection Settings >> Manual Proxy Configuration and add the proxy and port there. Close the options and visit the abc streaming site. If you see a Launch button you are ready to enjoy the tv shows. If not try another proxy from the list.
I checked the service with this proxy and it worked flawlessly: 192.104.67.250 port:8080
Enjoy the shows.
Read Related Posts
-
Charon 0.6 released
-
Rapidshare Hacks The Grabber
-
How to view the football worldcup online
-
Web Proxy Server List
-
Anonymous Bittorrent with I2PSnark
-
Free Web Proxy Checker
-
How to surf anonymously on the internet
-
Watch Tv over Internet with Sopcast
246 Responses to “Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA”
Trackbacks/Pingbacks
-
[...] Las malas noticias: contienen publicidad que al parecer no se puede evitar, y slo est disponible para los EE.UU. Esto ltimo se puede arreglar como cuentan en GHacks, enmascarando la procedencia de tu conexin (va Digg). [...]
-
[...] * Hankering for Lost? Can’t wait to see the upcoming end of Alias? Desperate for Desperate Housewives? ABC will be offering new episodes this month on the web. For free. (If you’re outside the US, here’s how) [...]
-
[...] Voilà c’est partie, il est possible de visionner gratuitement les épisodes des séries comme Lost, Desperate Housewives, Alias ou Commander in Chief sur le site d’ABC. Mais comme je l’avais déjà écrit dans un précèdent billet – le service sera réservé uniquement aux internautes américains. Mais en utilisant un proxy américain vous pouvez y accéder….. [...]
-
[...] Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA [Ghacks.net] via [digg] Tag: Web | Posted on 05.01.06 | Be the first to comment [...]
-
HTTP Proxy in the USA
As you may have read today, ABC is now streaming full episodes of many television shows, totally free until June 30. “Lost” is on the list, as is “Desperate Housewives”. Unfortunately, if you reside outside the United States as I…
-
ABC Full Episode Streaming
…
-
[...] Este servicio solo está disponible para Estados Unidos. Gracias a Pixel y Dixel, me encuentro que en GHacks hablan de una aplicación para obtener proxys que solucionan ese problemita. [...]
-
[...] La buena noticia.. Como el título del post lo dice, la cadena ABC lanza su nuevo servicio de streaming que permite ver de manera gratuita los capítulos de algunas temporadas de sus mejores series, por ejemplo Lost, Desperate Housewives, Alias y Commander in chief, por nombrar solo algunas. La mala noticia… Es que este servicio viene con publicidad integrada, la cual no se puede quitar, y la otra es que de momento este servicio solo está disponible para el público de Estados Unidos, ya que el sitio identifica la región del visitante. Esto puede arreglarse, en el sitio de GHacks te dicen como hacerlo. Nota encontrada en Pixel y Dixel. [...]
-
[...] Jeg kom over denne artikkelen så jeg skal ikke skrive hele guiden igjen men heller henvise alle til å gå hit for lære (engelsk!). [...]
-
[...] Flere detaljer om hvordan du fr adgang. [...]
-
[...] Update @ 2 mei 23:18u: Met behulp van een Amerikaanse proxy server zijn de streams ook van buiten Amerika te bekijken. [...]
-
Circumventing ABC TV localization W/O losing bandwidth
In case you didn’t know, ABC is streaming live video of their hit shows including Lost, Alias and Desperate Housewives for the next two months. However, if you are using the internet outside of the US, the foregoing link shows some tantalizing pictur…
-
[...] UPDATE: There is a guide available which tells you how to watch the ABC content from outside the U.S. (ABC are using geographical filtering to prevent people from the States from viewing the content.) Please note that this is for illustrative purposes only and is in no way a recommended activity. [...]
-
[...] As I also thought, this is USA residents only. That’s why this guy wrote an easy guide on how to watch these streams outside the USA. “This is slightly complex but you should get used to the procedure. All you need is a http proxy that is hosted inside the USA and does not spill your IP address. To achieve this you need a application that checks proxy servers for those variables.” [...]
-
How to bypass your school/work/internet cafe site filters – 7 ways
UPDATED: 4th May 2006: See new 7th option at the bottom!
thedruid.co.uk is now looking for beta testers for a new web proxy. It’s fast, exclusive, and guaranteed not to be on anyone’s block list! Go to proxy.thedruid.co.uk to find out h… -
Using a Proxy to Acess USA-only Content
After blogging about USA-only web content (link: Not-So-World-Wide Web) Kevin H. sent me a link to an entry at gHacks called How To Watch ABC TV Streams Outside the USA. The ‘hack’ involves finding and using an anonymous proxy to convince ABC’s serv…
-
[...] How to watch ABC TV streams outside the USA » gHacks Another use of proxies to watch ABC.com TV streams in other countries. Keywords: networks, proxy, tv [...]
-
[...] Da alcune settimane l’ABC sta sperimentando lo streaming gratuito di puntate intere di alcune serie fra cui Lost, Alias e Desperate Housewifes. Peccato che il servizio sia attivo solo per gli utenti americani. In attesa che queste logiche commerciali pre-Internet si esitinguano, direttamente dai preferiti di Jill Walker, una piccola guida su come aggirare l’ostacolo. [...]
-
[...] Region codes for DVDs was a bad idea in 1996. Dividing the internet into different countries is simply ridiculous. Know your audience. Know your local advantage. But don’t try to lock people out. They will break your virtual border. [...]
-
[...] ????international?方??ん???。 タイトル見?変?方?を想????られ?方???ん???。 ??ん??味????(^^; ???ん??ココ?紹介?れ??ん???? ?外?も??誰も書????よ??????当?書????。 ???アメリカ?ABC?番組?見れ??よ??話。 ???オイラ?周り?international?方々????? ???んスカパー?りj-com?り導入?れ??る???味???。 ???「通信費??払???????よ。???頑固?オイラ?よ??人??。 ABC ?サイト??主?番組?シーズン中?エピソード全?? ???見れるよ?????るん????US?IPアドレス?ら????視??????。 ????proxy????????よ??。 ん??ココ??Charon??proxyサー?検出ソフトを紹介??るん???? ?れ?win版?ん???。 オイラ?ウ???mac使??るん???ソフト使???ん・・・orz ??????????気?付??。 US?proxy探??良?ん??ょ???。 ????ココ?サイト?US?proxyを探??? firefox?proxyを設定??ら?ん???見れ????? [ABC.com:Full Episode Streaming] http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing ps: ???ょ????見???ん??「LOST????白??????マり???。 ?も?ん??供誘???るん??？？ [...]
-
[...] Software: Freeware Recommendations Searching and downloading: 16 ways to search flickr Emule and torrent search Google file search Searching for files on upload sites Share It 1.0 final Using Google to download movies Using Google to find ebooks Using Google to find mp3 Security: How to visit banned websites Secure your wireless network Spam: Best free anti spam software How to fight Spam Top Lists: Disposable Email Services Free file host list December 2005 Free Music List June 2006 Web Proxy List January 2006 Misc: Guide to streamripping How to save real audio files Watch ABC TV Streams from everywhere [...]
-
[...] Unsurprisingly, Disney announced today that it’s free online broadcasts of ABC shows, including Desperate Housewives and Lost, were a big hit. The shows were watched more than 11 million times online in the first month of the test, and an online exit survey showed that 87 percent of respondents could recall the advertisers that sponsored the episodes they watched. A retooled version of the free site, with more shows and features, will be launched in the fall. Unfortunately the free site is only available to Internet users in the United States, but there are easy ways around this. [...]
-
[...] What’s becoming one of my favorite websites ghacks recently posted about how ABC is now streaming full episodes of Lost, Desperate Housewives, Alias, Commander in Chief for FREE!! This is such a great step forward to getting rid of my TV. I knew they day would soon be here that I would no longer need a computer and a TV, but instead my computer could act as my TV. Granted, ABC needs to hop on the P2P bandwagon so they can stream their TV live. [...]
-
[...] Describes a way to view ABC tv streams from outside the USA. All you need is a proxy that is hosted in the USA and does not spill your IP. The article helps you find those proxies.read more | digg story [...]
-
[...] En guide om hvordan du finner mellomtjenere på Windows, som er kanskje er for mye mas for de fleste, finner du her (mer avansert her). [...]
-
[...] In this day and age of streaming media, downloads, PVR’s, VOD and online video stores it seems that it’s still the people running TV companies and the lawyers who decide who sees what when. It is possible to get ABC in the UK using the streaming video capability that abc.com provides, but this requires you to do some ‘hacking’ of your computer’s IP address to make them think that you’re in the US. I wouldn’t recommend it and I’m not entirely sure it’s legal. [...]
-
[...] Soluzione ideale per risolvere questo problema è però proporre all’utenza una soluzione “real-on-deman”. Ecco che allora il web, ancora una volta, diventa la piattaforma ideale per la distribuzione in modalità “non lineare” di questa tipologia contenuti d’intrattenimento. La ABC ha recentemente pubblicato online tutti gli ultimi episodi dei suoi serial TV più famosi. Non è possibile scaricarli bensì vederli online tramite un Flash player, questo per proteggere il più possibile la “copiabilità” del contenuto. Per tutelare i confini dei diritti di riproduzione invece ABC ha adottato un cosiddetto “geo filter” che taglia fuori dalla visione tutti i cittadini non USA. O almeno tutti i cittadini che leggittimanente non abbiano deciso di navigare il web in maniera anonima: in questo caso l’accesso agli episodi è aperto a tutti. [...]
-
Chimperator Blogt: LOST – Die 3. Staffel
Bartek (Plan B) findet LOST total behindert. Da gehts um Gruppen und so. Sagt er. Und das mag e…
-
[...] Ou seja, mais uma restrio de IP. Pois, bem como diria nosso amigo Caio, um proxy nos vem salvar. Lendo um artigo que eu encontrei no Digg, descobri um timo programa para nos ajudar a escolher um proxy. Chama-se [...]
-
[...] Internet: Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA [...]
-
[...] Este tutorial em ingls mostra os passos para conseguir um endereo de proxy vlido que sirva para acessar o servio da ABC. Pode demorar um pouco at encontrar um endereo de proxy nos EUA que funcione para acessar o site da ABC. [...]
-
[...] pour ceux qui vivent aux US ou bien ceux qui savent mettre un proxy US sur leur PC (afin de faire croire que vous habitez aux US) il suffit d’aller sur les sites de [...]
-
[...] Note that this is only available to US viewers although I’ve had joy with Tor. Charon is another alternative as described here. [...]
-
[...] Readers of my personal blog know I’ve been checking out Hulu this morning, NBC’s video streaming service. While browsing the selection of programs one last time I noticed they had Sideways posted. It’s the full-screen version but it looks pretty nice in full screen mode on my Macbook. So if you don’t have this movie on DVD, just watch it below (sorry, Hulu is U.S. only right now so folks overseas will have to muck about with proxy servers). [...]
-
[...] Readers of my personal blog know I’ve been checking out Hulu this morning, NBC’s video streaming service. While browsing the selection of programs one last time I noticed they had Sideways posted. It’s the full-screen version but it looks pretty nice in full screen mode on my Macbook. So if you don’t have this movie on DVD, just watch it below (sorry, Hulu is U.S. only right now so folks overseas will have to muck about with proxy servers). [...]
-
[...] En fait cela n’est pas moi directement qui vous les donne mais downloadsquad. Donc faites vous plaisir, avant de prendre une invitation il faut que vous sachiez que le contenu n’est visible que pour les résidents US donc faite une recherche pour utiliser un VPN US ou bien un proxy américain. [...]
-
[...] Wie man Broadcasts von ABC auch in Deutschland sehen kann von JaBB um 10:31 Uhr tags: Link Ähnliche Posts: Wie schnell tippst du?Links [08.01.2008]Human TetrisJabbhausen revisitedIt’s a wonderful internet [TrackBack URI] [PermaLink] | | | – | [Translate] [...]
-
[...] genauere Anleitung wie man an einen Solchen Proxy kommt und wie man ihn einrichtet findet Ihr hier: http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/01/howto-watch-abc-tv-streams-outside-the-usa/ Verfasst von solutionpress Eingeordnet unter common ·Tags: public, results, solutionpress, [...]
-
[...] or perhaps export restrictions. You’d need to use a proxy server based in the U.S. See if Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA is any help or Google for "US proxy server". Essentially you set the address of one of [...]
-
[...] Originally Posted by Tully Mars I can’t watch it- "This video file is only available to users within the United States" Can you use a US proxy to watch it? Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA [...]
-
[...] Originally Posted by Kathleen I was so excited when I saw the list. But when I went to watch some Buffy clips I got the dreaded message that I can’t watch because I’m outside of the US. bummer. This procedure will work with Hulu if you are so inclined: How to watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA. [...]
-
[...] Or here for a fee, without citizenship limitations: http://www.crunchyroll.com/ Read here on how to see streams outside [...]
-
[...] For those of us in the rest of the world, there’s always proxy servers (if you can get them to work)….. http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/01/howto-watch-abc-tv-streams-outside-the-usa/ [...]
-
[...] can use a program called Charon to get an american IP apparently, might be worth trying also read this it might help [...]
-
[...] Google is your friend Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA [...]
-
[...] the use of webproxies here’s a very interesting GHacks article about watching ABC streams outside US . It looks like the freeware Charon helps finding the ideal web proxy server . Because the [...]
hehe…why would anyone inside OR outside the US want to watch ABC?
I used to live in Detroit, now I live a mile across the river in Windsor, Canada. I miss my US tv…… you can’t watch abc, nbc, fox or cbs on the internet in Canada. And the local stations only offer clips of the shows aired on these networks. So I personally wish to view USA networks on my laptop in Canada
Holy!
All I did, was type into google “Free Proxy” and pages and pages of search returns containing free proxies, were returned.
I hit the first search result, and it listed tons of proxies by ip, when they were last tested and country of origin.
I chose a US proxy, quickly enterered it into my Internet Explorer/Firerox Connection settings, and hit http://ipchicken.com it didn’t show my ip, I hit abc’s site next and it worked no problems.
?
i am looking for a video overlay grabber
is there a way to capture the stream
and then convert
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
thx for the howto – good thing to know
Use http://www.whatismyproxy.com/ instead of ipchicken. The chicken didn’t show that I was forced to use a transparent proxy – but whatismyproxy clearly shows that I am. Maybe ABC don’t check the Fowarded-For header, which is great.
is There a mac app also “Charon”
Thanks for this excellent guide! Works great!!
All this trouble to watch a shitty quality stream?
No, thanks. P2P is the way to go.
For all of those that hate ABC, I bet this would work for Cartoon Network’s friday night fix too…
actually a proxy is needed only when initially connecting to abc’s “live streams” page.
you can then deactivite the proxy and watch the shows !
OMG………it works !!!!!!!!!! Im from malaysia.This is COOL !!! Good Job
martin !!!
Yes it´s true. You can deactivate the proxy when viewing the show and you passed the ip check. You could also scan for a proxy that is not that crowded with users :)
Don’t work. After i hit the launch button this message comes in???
Invalid domain
episodes are temporarily unavailable. please try again at another time
so what´s wrong
They probably banned the ip of the proxy that I posted. Try scanning for your own and you will find one that is working.
I’m clicking on Check Proxies and then Scan Search Engines for new Proxies and it will begin a search but no proxies are found. Help!?!?!
I´m having samekind of trouble´s…
Frist the “Invalid domain” message
And then thish Charon prog ain´t working
What should I do??
Thanks it worked
i can get lost couple hours after its aired in usa..
even tho i live in europe.. :D
entered proxy into internet connections ok. i went to go to the abc streams
but it wouldnt let me go to any website at all, what do i do?
this proxy is probably not working, try another one.
it says episodes not available at this moment… ive tried allot of proxies
how do i get this to work on a mac computeer
I don´t know if there are proxy checkers for mac out there. You could try and use google to find proxies and test them manually using a site that reveals your ip, like http://www.whatismyproxy.com
For a Mac just go to System Prefs > Network > ‘your connection e.g. Airport’ > Tick the Web Proxy and enter in the Web Proxy Server and Port from your source.
I looked here and the third one I tried worked a treat. Now to wait until it has aired… ;-) http://www.proxy4free.com/page1.html
You can use the proxy to load the Flash viewer than cancel it for better
performance. The check is made just on the beginning.
Good website is http://www.snoopmyip.com and for proxy stuff, http://www.proxyspot.com
enjoy
I am already behind a proxy in my office and I wanted to access the LOST
show and watch it after work.
If I paste any other IP, the connection to internet goes away. Do you
have any suggestions?
Specs – PC with IE and Mozilla
Hi
This is most helpful.
But I am behind a proxy at my office. The proxy connects to proxy server
and the ABC site checks the IP which is non-US based.
I would like to watch Lost after work hours. Any idea on how to do it then?
If I choose a US based proxy, my net connection goes away as I need the proxy to connect to the net.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
hi, i clicked on check proxies and then scan search engines for new proxies and i also chose use external judge from the internet options when an error message came up, it shows at the bottom what it’s searching, but i waited for about 10 minutes but no proxies came up?? please help
hi again, that problem’s solved now, but i have another 1, you know you wrote ‘Those are unverified, now select Check Proxies and Check Anonymity of all Proxies. This might take some time. If you only recieve bad and timeouts you have to change one option in charon’ that’s what’s happening to me, i’m only recieving bad ones, how do i solve this problem? you said you have to change one option, i don’t get it, please help, thanks
Karan try using external judges and not internal ones, Select Connect Options and chose Use External Judge(s). that´s all.
it’s awsome now i will be able to watch lost , desperate housewives and alias
can someone help me please!!! the sistem is asking me some info that i dont know what is about you see i’m using a LAN connection so i don’t know if this has something to do with it but is asking a DNS something and a Gateway and SUB soomething else can someone please help me i wreely want to watch this episodes thanks already
Use sopcast I view abc channel.
a good website to watch US streams from non-US IPs is http://www.proxy4free.info , you can find live US proxies on the front page.
FoxyProxy firefox extension automatically switches your internet connection to use the proxy when a site is blocked–like ABC–but uses your (FAST) direct connection for everything else. No need to keep switching manually!
http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org
el sitio sigue funcionando?
porque yo me registre y eso pero nose como hacer para ver los programas ni a que hora me tengo que conectar si es que los queiro ver en vivo …
gracias
Hey I’m in south east Asia and I’ll do almost anything to be able to watch college football live. ABC seems to have a stronghold on this Does ABC offer college football coverage online? if so is there a way to get this in Asia? Thanx
I’ve tried this with several anonymous US addresses, but I get an error message when I try to visit a site. Maybe I’m doing it wrong. I’m using Firefox and I change the IP address and port in the manual configuration box (under connections) to an anonymous address. Can someone tell me if there’s something more that needs to be done in Firefox? I would greatly appreciate any insight, as I’m living overseas and miss my ABC shows!!
Thanks so much.
hey, ive also tried everything to try to see these episodes. used all sorts of proxies and it did connect to abc player but then a message shows up: the episodes are temporaly unavaible. So, what can I do to watch it? Is there another way?
Yeah, the same thing happened to me once I got a proxy that worked. Maybe they somehow caught on and are blocking all anonymous proxies or something. If anyone can figure out a solution, please post it here!
Same here. Can’t get any proxy to work.
I have the same problem. it seems it is the proxy which does not work (even if it is located in usa).I tried many proxys but I have never managed to see this damned episodes.IT IS HARD TO FIND A GOOD PROXY.
i get in to abc with an american proxy and onto the player but it ses no episodes availiable does any one no why?
I think ABC has blocked all anonymous proxies or something. I get into ABC as well with a proxy and to other sites, but the player shows an error message when I try to play one.
please, any suggestions as how we should proceed to watch the abc broadcast for non-usa users?
Any suggestions anyone? please!
Im having the same problem so I’m guessing that there isnt a way around it as we are all having the same problem.
Looks like abc has stopped it from happening.
the firt episode of the third season of lost is this evening. Nobody has a solution ? I can’t miss it…
well I think I’ll have to download it…
The fisrt episode of lost is this evening
I can’t miss it. nobody has a solution?
Well i think I’ll have to download it.
hm, did you try a working fast us proxy ? I will take a look into this matter
Hey guys, how you doin?
Well, now as I’m as anonymous as I want to be, I didn’t make it though to abc.com. Now, I though, there must be a reason, so I went to check that out on MTV’s Overdrive. You know, that’s that weird thing on mtv.com where you can stream a couple of live videos… as if MTV isn’t broadcasting it all day long anyways, but that don’t matter. So: It worked! I’m a desperate Englishman willig to do almost everything to watch LOST tonight, so holla if you got something. In my point of view, ABC has just gone mad and they don’t take anonymous IPs anymore, but anyhoo… I’ll try again, there has to be some way around. Bloody ABC beaurocrats.
I was not able to pass de abc site i dont know what i´m doing really, only following the instructions, thing is that it says that the connection is taking to long for firefox could it be that i have a router??
I used this site, http://www.yourprxy.com/
it allowed me to the site, but havin probs with javascript, can anyone else try it, and reply….
tanx
I’m currently in China and I’m having the same problem with the error message on the site. “No episodes are available at this time” Well they better be soon, because I NEED to watch Lost, Damnit!!!
Steve, the java script issue with with http://www.yourprxy.com isn’t on your browser – to allow sites accessed through yourprxy.com you have to click “more options” and uncheck the “remove client scripting” box. i was able to access abc’s player though yourprxy, the php10justproxy address (which you can select at the bottom of the page). but, when i tried to select an episode I got the same old “only viewers within the US” error. I even tried pasting the episode URL into yourprxy, but that didn’t work. Somehow even through yourprxy abc is still seeing who we are.
propably there is no way, to watch lost etc. even with an anonymous proxy. abc has found some other way to determinate where you from.
does somebody know another workaround?
maybe were doing something wrong, because i got these error messege ‘there are now episodes right now’.
pls help soon!
hey guy i stumbled on this 2day and i got a link 2 watch abc on the web i had it for ages and yes guys i watched LOST at 5 am this morning the sound was a bit jumpy 2 start as i would imagine there was a lot watching and no i cant wait till next week for the next episode and also i watched the new programme the 9 that looks brill 2( ps the other boy who was in party off 5 is in that lol) e
any 1 wanting the link email my your thoughts on LOST first just 4 a laught at sgf@talktalk.net hehehehehe
You saw Lost? Can you post a link of ur proxy?
Ive tried every method, but to no avail, I flushed my ip, several times, manually…..
Ive also noticed that the same problem occurs with rapidshare premium, even cleaned out my system usin ccleaner,, I think this is sum kind of networking problem……..
It is ABC detecting the proxy, even after you launch the viewer. I got several different friends living in the states to check for me, and they can watch the episodes just fine. This is so stupid. I’m D/L the ep now and it’s taking forever, with little progress, and another 5 hours to go. Although, it’s told me “another 5 hours” since I started downloading 8 hours ago. All this trouble to watch 42 minutes of Lost. It better be a damn good episode…
lol it is very good bear with right here goes i did not do wot the guy said at top off the page i not tryed that yet might do but i will get this out first i have a link that u can watch live abc this link has not got the ability 2 watch back the programme like on the abc.com webpage but u can watch it live at 5am wed night/thur morn pict quality v good sound a bit jumpy for first 10 min after that is ok hope u enjoy comments back would b nice here goes http://www.viidoo.com/en/index.php
Steven – thank you so much for the link! The picture and sound is great quality, albeit on a tiny screen. Now I can have my desparate housewives!
where can you download the new episode Please Help
theres a few ere Charly…..
http://www.torrentspy.com/
How do these torrents work i don’t understand please Help!
Google azureuz, and download the programme… Theres other on the market, but this is the safest and most reliable….
Steven, dude, THANK YOU! You just saved me so much grief.
Hello all — I found hundreds of proxies using Charon, but only a handful were anonymous and none of the anonymous ones were in the USA. I also tried yourproxy.com, which got me into the web site without the “you must be in the USA” message, but I got the same javascript issue Steve did. Christy’s comment was helpful, but I have no idea where this “remove client scripting” check box is — it’s certainly not in the Internet Options box on IE.
I also tried http://www.proxy4free.info, which listed several anonymous US proxies, none of which worked to get to any website.
I finally took Steve’s advice and went to torrentspy.com and found multiple files of season 3, episode 1 (as well many earlier episodes) available for download. It’s downloading now (takes about 3 hours) so hopefully it will work! What a lot of hassle to see an episode!
This doesn’t work for me. Should it work for wireless connections?
thanks
I tried using Charon but when i scanned for new proxies no results came up. I also tried using other proxies from websites but none would work.
Is there no other way to see the episodes first time they are aired???
using a proxy doesn’t work anymore, because abc changed the mechanism
Yes But everytime i always get Errror: Episodes are temporarily unavailable, Please try again at another time. what does that mean. can you do something about that? is it normal?SOme one help Please
I tryed lots of ip too
I have the same problem,can someone help. does anyone else have this problem
Help, i’m getting the error message “Episodes are temporarily unavailable”. What can I do to fix it?
They must have gotten smarter
Any luck with CBS?
Its very annoying – someone must know how to make it work. I also watched the last series online from the UK behind a US proxy. The first two of Season 3 are now on YouTube. Am trying to watch episode 3 which I can’t find anywhere – yet!
how do u watch abc things on sopcast
hey, did anyone find an answer to the ip problem? every time i try to lock into the full lengh episodes with an us proxy it tells me that you have to live in the states to watch these shows. please help me… i so wanna watch the shows…
i have a mac and nothing is working. can anyone help? i just want to watch my shows!
try http://www.watchlost.com
yeah the proxy stuff dont work anymore. I mean, u can still go behind a proxy and go to random site on the net and that site will report that your new IP is whatever your proxy changed it to. the proxy itself is fine and still works in firefox/IE.
the problem is the websites have found another way to detect where you live, so the proxy stuff doesnt cut it anymore. Ive been trying to watch some shows off MTV but even behind a proxy on both firefox/IE it still says I dont live in the US.
now i dunno how the websited done it, damn persistant bastards, but they can still figure out where you’re connecting from. now there should still be a way to get the video streams working, but im guessing it would require much more elaborate hacking then a simple proxy trick
well, i have looked for too long and found one site that will work and is working with not only ABC but NBC CBS and the lot.
http://www.VpnAccounts.com
Most vpn sellers out there have not been able to make it work. I have tried several, all were friendly yet was unable to use their services. I kept getting the message that it is not available at my location.
Vpn Accounts & Services have a special VPN for watching TV. Regular VPN accounts will not work hence the price they charge… last i checked 24 usd
Watch US TV Online
The CBS (cbs.com) site still works with proxies, I just used it tonight. However, when I try Heroes on NBC or any ABC programme it seems not to work. Any ideas?
I used the VPN site above and it worked just fine, although it was not free.
I am fairly positive you will not be finding a free solution.
using the VPN site stated above, how long did it take [those that used it] to recieve the email from the website?
cheers.
YEAH PEOPLE IT WORKS!
Just download and execute the programme http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/
Its great!!! But temporarely the shows are unavailable at the moment! But when they are back on – this programme will do it – it rocks!!!
An addition to Manuel’s writing:
Yes, HotSpot Shield works fine, but if you’re in a different time zone than US, for example in Europe, you must switch your Time Zone settings in Windows to US time. If you don’t, ABC’s site always tells you that the episode’s not currently available and doesn’t begin loading it!
That sounds great! but is there a better vpn site? Thats free? i used hotspot shield but it deleted my text in my start menu. I had to restart and uninstall! SO is there a better program?
What about openvpn? does that work?
Great – I have just seen Nora’s post on changing the time zone settings in Windows, and had previously been frustrated by the ‘not currently available’ error message. Now with hotspot shield it works fine here in Europe, and you can easily dispose of the banner ads which do not return!
Thanks for the info.
I used hotspot shield for ABC and it works great! However I tried NBC and it still doesn’t work. Any way past NBC? I live in Italy cause I’m military and I think its unfair I can’t watch shows I know and love cause I’m in a foreign country.
Hi everyone
I just downloaded Hotspot, but I can’t watch the episodes on ABC. It still says that only us viewers can watch the episodes.
What is it that I’m doing wrong?
(I live in the Netherlands)
The shield is green, though it says:
State: Waiting for server
VPN IP Address: Not Set
VPN Server Address:
Bytes In/Out: 0/910
Connected Since: donderdag 31 januari 2008 7:18:38
Hi Annebeth,
you have to set your system time to US time first. Make sure your webbrowser and Hotspot is closed. Then open hotspot and connect. At “connected since” it must show US time otherwise it wont work. If that worked try open the abc site again. Good luck!
Hi everyone
I’ve change the system time to US (-5) but when I start Hotspot it won’t to connect. I live in France.
Currently I live in Thailand and I was blocked as well, but switched to a OpenVPN solution. My provider ( http://www.strongvpn.com ) is a monthly fee but at least there are no bandwidth charges at it’s 24 hour support. I got a IpodTouch and they were right there to help me set it up.
I don’t mind paying for the service since I use my IpodTouch in airports, would not want to do that without a VPN provider.
Get off the proxies! I know my friend used one and it caused a nasty back end virus.
I definetly agree with Michael, Strong VPN is great and you can look into other providers such as:
http://www.bananavpn.com
http://www.vpnaccounts.com
****Don’t go surfing on an open wireles network .. EVER. Unless you encrypt the connection with a VPN****
it doesn’t work for me
I have used Charon, and I have used many programs coupled with many proxies. Make sure you are selecting to use the external judges, and then testing the judges, as well as using ONLY the good ones. Then, when you scan for the proxies, give it like twenty minutes. Use one with SSL that is in the US, with the lowest ping time. As of current, I am using 128.119.247.210:3128 . This one enables CBS, and VH1, but confuses me for MTV.com and NBC.com, as I get through on the site, but no video loads at all. Flash is not detected through the proxy, as it does not enable taking information from your computer.
Slingbox works great!
Yeah it’s easier to use the time hack by changing the time to a US timezone than going through a proxy. Hopefully that works for most. I’m a soldier in Iraq and it does for me.
Thanks so much to:
Manuel, January 21st, 2008
Nora, January 23rd, 2008
Absolutely amazing! So easy! The best non-geeky way I have found….
(und Dank natuerlich auch an Martin/ghacks natürlich das posting und die Seite im allgemeinen. )
Hello
For a few time it works for me with HotSpot Shield an the time change. But now the Fox player shows the merchandise and then it doesnt stop loading the episode.
Doesn’t HotSpot Shield work any more?
I’ve been having the same problem. I wasn’t sure if it was hotspot or an issue with the flashplayer. Anyone know? or anyone else having the same problem? I’ll load up an episode, it’ll play the very first commercial and then it’ll go into the “loading” and nothing happens, blank screen.
I have the same problem TSCC has, the episode does not stop loading. Can anyone help?
I have the same problem as alex kristina and TSCC
Try running hotspot to access the video and when “loading” appears turn off hotspot. Worked for me. Let me know if it works for you too.
@ Stephe
It worked for me too by turning off hotspot while the episode is loading…
Thx
I’ve got the http://www.strongvpn.com account, and can say that it really helps. Nice guys in support team solved my problem…
So, is it illegal or anything?
OMFG…it works….good
I installed Hotspot Shield and changed the system time
but it does not work at any site. Its connected and green. I live in Austria. I have Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 installed. Can i run Hotspot with another security tool? I also tried to turning off Hotspot while loading the movie but then my firefox freezes.
I get this page when I open hotspot:
AnchorFree’s products and services can be supported by the sponsor you choose.
We hope you select a sponsor and appreciate them for making AnchorFree’s products and services free of charge. No personal information is required.
Click here to proceed
So i do and it reverts back to this – I hae disbaled my pop up
the same happen to me when i use internet explorer. When i use firefox, it works.
Holy mackeral it bloddy works! Thanks Mark. It’s not perfect I get an error saying episode not available but it still starts; i cant pause it and when an add appears I cant go back to the episode as I cant see any buttons. Weird.
my experiences with watching us channels from austria.
i use firefox! i get problems if i have my kaspersky internet security on. so i have do shut it down if i want to watch online. I have Win XP running.
watch fox.com, Sci-Fi Channel and nbc.com:
1) install hotspot shield (free).
2) install and register (free) veoh tv.
3) turn your system time to an us-time.
4) start and connect to hotspot shield.
5) start veoh TV
6) select channels, browse to your favorite
channel and start watching. have fun. (cbs.com can be choosen but it does not work. maybe you get it)
watch abc.com:
1) set to us-time (if you changed it back)
2) start hotspot shield.
3) go to abc.com and try to start streaming a show. the streaming should start with an commercial. after that comm. shut down the hotspot shield and it should go on with the show. have fun.
(if i do not close hotspot after comm. the show does not start. its only loading without end.)
watch cbs.com:
1) system time set to us-time.
2) start hotspot
3) go to cbs.com and just watch. you dont have to do anything else. have fun.
hope it works at you too.
PS: dini, sometimes the episodes are realy not available but if you try it later it should be working again. the other problem i do not have.
hi tried everything from top to bottom of this page and im really anoyed that nothing has worked…im no on the hotspot thing and change the time on comp and on browser on EI and on firefox and ive done it so many times just to make sure and i get this after it plays around:
State:
Disconnected [bandwidth exceeded]
VPN IP Address:
Not Set
VPN Server Address:
Bytes In/Out:
Connected Since:
And i got that from the 1st time i tried it whats wrong here? all options are changed believe me to us time zone on browser and comp clock….HELP PLEASE all i want to do is watch a free episode of mtv hellllp please thanks
just please help
I never had a problem seeing abc etc I had a problem seeing the pause button etc. one the stream started. It seems to be ok now mustve been a memory problem.
I d/l veoh but it messes things up totally. If i try and open abc it hangs even before I get anything and as for playing anything in veoh well thats a non starter. I see loading and yes I do shutdown hotspot.
I can see cbs and just watched something on fox. Gonna try all US channels that stream soon – looks like they will all work.
az follow this in the exact order I do:
Turn on hotspot
Open firefox
Open abc etc
Open tv series
it will play an ad then says loading – as soon as it says loading close hotspot.
dini: if you use veoh tv, dont close the hotspot tool. that trick witch closing it is only for the abc site.
az2008: it seems your hotspot is not working. i unf. dont know why. maybe you can find another vpn software like that for free.
maybe on different systems you have to vary the methods a bit.
Marklon, what do you mean different systems…im on xp is that what u mean? and what vpn do you do u recomend
??
thanks
veoh is useless. Doesnt have abc on it and most programs dont work with or without hotspot. Only ons that do work are the 2 min or so clips. I’m getting that error again sometimes on abc now but it’s no biggie.
Az I think mark means get another program like hotspot – if you read further up there is one you can pay for. Perhaps someone else knows of a free one.
does any1 know any good proxy sites to bypass my schools blockers
I”m still looking for a way to watch NBC shows….anyone found a solution to this?
Hey
I still cant watch abc. I get into the menue and it always says that it has limited commercials but after this nothing happens anymore even though i turned off Hotspot
i tried using the address stated above
192.104.67.250 port:8080
i couldnt even load my home page.
i live in malaysia
i want to watch a few series on abc. can someone pls help me
Marklon – Thanks very much matey for the info. It works like a dream (on ABC anyway)…now we just need to find away to get rid of the fookin adverts! I don’t understand how you people in the US put up with SOOOO many ads…insane!
Thanks Marklon and the others, i can now finally watch my favorites online, it works on nbc and abc just great (using hotspot shield & IE or Firofox)! You guys saved my day.
Don’t you love how you can watch all the commercials to sites but you can’t watch anything with actual entertainment value….
Stupid Media.
still getting that bloody
episodes are temporarely unavailable please try again at other time
anyone with any kind of help..
i’m using proxy switcher and getting through easily but at the moment of load..that message..
i already changed the time on pc..
cheers
Hey, I am from Jamaica and I want to say thanks guys keep up the good work.
people,
thx a lot, thats amazing. im from germany and im now able to see the last season of bsg, nearly a year before it starts in germany.
greetz
Doesnt work.
Doesnt work on the CW Television Network.
if you pay it works. What do you expect from free service? nothing is free in this world.
Yeah, I can never get Hotspot Shield to open either!
I’m on Vista.
Unable to connect
Navigator can’t establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:895.
* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network
connection.
* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Navigator is permitted to access the Web.
It doesn’t work. I can’t connect to the internet with this. Is it because i have dsl?
StrongVPN still works great for me, not sure why you can’t connect with Hotspot,if you like try their forum.. they helped me before I was a customer.
http://strongvpn.com/forum/index.php
it actually started to work, they came out with a new version….that did it.
I watched a show!
Does not work, just says “cannot display web page” instead.
Hey guys,
I watch episodes on abc with hotspot shield. Recently the streaming turns of after a few minutes and I get the message shows are temporarily not available, can anyone help?
As people above have mentioned, you will not be able to find a quality service for free. I guess that’s true for most things in life.
I am on a business trip to Egypt and just got a VPN account from Happy VPN. The address is http://www.happyvpn.net/watch-tv.php
I enjoyed that I was browsing for ways to watch USA tv shows, found happy VPN, ordered and received very quickly the account. I still had the pages I searched on open when they sent me the account and the instructions on how to make it work.(and it sure works nice!)
So, highly recommended, tryit yourself:
http://www.happyvpn.net/watch-tv.php
I live in the US and it wont let me watch these shows!!
Hey all…
so i started using Hotspot 2 days ago and had no problems with it, i was able to leave it on and still watch the shows didnt have tho change time or anything (probabaly cuz i’m in canada and the time is the same) anyway today when i went to watch the shows i went to connect to hotspot and it gave me this….
State:
Disconnected [auth failure]
VPN IP Address:
Not Set
does anyone know what this means? or how to fix it i tried uninstalling it and redoing it but it still doesnt work.
if not does anyone know where i can watch Falcon beach online?
It’s not working for me. Connection with proxies just times out. I tried with both IE and FF. :(
Can’t watch abc episodes with hotspot shield any longer. First they show advertisement after that I disconnect the hotspot shield connection as I always did before, but the episode won’t begin as it usally did, does anyone knows what I could do?
Thx
I have the same problem as Zoe and Alexa. I start hotspot shield as usual, go to abc.com and start the episode. When loading appears i switch of hotspot as recommended. But after a few minutes it turns off and and I get the same message as Zoe said: “shows are temporarily unavailable”
Whats the deal? can anyone please help?
I think you’ll have to change your time zone to the US time zone.
Hope it helps :)
@ Joan of course, I changed time zone as I always did before, but it does not work any longer this way
hey guys,
i have the same problem as zoe, alex and alexa. i just wanted to watch a couple of episodes today. wouldn’t work for me. it keep loading for what seemed forever. but it didn’t anything else. that’s just annoying me.
can anyone please help us?
i have change my proxy and now i am getting:
empisodes are temporarily unavailable. please try another time.
some one please help
Hi,
I’m having the same problem. Hotspot used to work fine for ABC. However, now, after the episode has loaded, I get the error message (episodes are temporarily unavailable…”).
Can anybody help?
Hi @ all Hotspot-Users,
I think the HotspotShield Problem is IP related, when you turn the program off, you are connected with your own IP again. And I can just guess that ABC made their flash-IP-Check-Script smarter, so it checks your IPs during the shows as well. Unfortunately I don’t know how to fix this, it’s annoying, but a payed VPN could be a solution..If anyone comes up with a solution, that would be great.
I’m in Qatar and I can’t make it work. Can anyone help? Thanks.
I downloaded Charon and it didnt work and now I cant even get Charon to delete. I am trying to watch tv shows from the UK by using a proxy server but they do not appear to be working even though when I check my IP it shows the United States. Any suggestions??
I am having a problem I think because they are java.
This is how I work around hotspot. First i reboot my pc so i have max power. Then connect hotspot an d open firefox. Go through the stages and get to the loading screen. wait until your tv show starts – and then after 30 seconds then switch off hotspot. If you dont teh show will hang.
OK now when the ads come on connect hotspot again – make sure its on before you click ok to carry on. When ad is finished click ok to carry on and again after 30 seconds or so sitch it off.
if you are getting cant find show blah blah whatever then it could be either you havent changed your time zone or memory (just reboot) abc soaks up your pc memory, unless your machine is super fast.
You can use VPN to watch American TV
Any updates on how to get this working? I having problems with it also.
This is a good idea that I never thought of. However when I click “Use a proxy server for your LAN” and enter a proxy address and port, my internet stops working altogether on IE. All i get for any site is the “This page cannot be displayed” as if I am not connected to the internet.
Do you know what my problem may be?
Is anyone reading this able to get ANYTHING on HotSpot these days???
I HotSPot setting us up for a pay service???
Or will they now claim this was a “free trial?”
As soon as I tried NBC Hotspot stopped working.
I checked details on the Auth Failure and it says that I don’t have permission to access…
I think NBC and probavly ABC have updated their
software.
When I tried to contact Hotspot via their online support, it also hung, could not send
at all.
MACOSX it worked fine on SAfari-
downloaded firefox 3.0 – still no go.
And Yahoo seems to have deleted all of the
answers people could have submitted with
this message on every related page…
“This question has been deleted
There was a problem performing that action, please try again later.”
This kind of thing leads me to think that
Yahoo is getting too big for their britches.
Time has come for someone else to come along and offer a truly uncensored service.
Wahoo? Gotmail?
You can use VPN to watch American TV, ;)
Ya im the same as paddy up there, im from ireland when I click “Use a proxy server for your LAN” and enter a proxy address and port, my internet stops working altogether. All i get for any site is the “This page cannot be displayed” as if I am not connected to the internet.
Anyone know whats wrong?
[...]les dejo este link interesante de ghacks para que lean
Hotspot Shield, which I reviewed a while back, will help with this too. At least, it works with hulu.com from the UK…
Now, what I’d like is a way to use BBC iPlayer in the US
guys can anyone tell me how to watch lest and so on from Europa again? its all messed up!
what we do how to do it please help
Bollocks tried this a few times now, my ip don’t show up on any ip checker sites (say i am in USA) and I still can not get to se a show just a message saying shows only for people living in the us.
i need help with this problem.. i have a mac with the new leopard software and have no idea what to do… can anyone help?
i need help with this problem.. i have a mac with the new leopard software and have no idea what to do… can anyone help?
the IP you gave in you post is very slow!
takes ages to load anything!
im using a connection on 15.3mbps and this is terrible!
Wow I wish I would have known about this during the Olympics. Still it’s great that I can watch tv shows and movies online though.
Hey guys really want to watch the David Blaine event live on abc tonight,anyone know how to watch abc live?? Thanks
Hi…could someone guide me…i downloaded charon and now i’m lost as to what to do. I am outside the US and having difficulty with the rest of the instructions. thanks.
Hi, I did the search with charon but it didn’t give me any proxy lists, I let it run all night and nothing!
I typed proxy list and got some but it still doesn’t work, either I get that I’m not connected to the internet or ABC says I’m outside of the US, anyone can tell me what to do?
BS
join rapidshare forum. some nice team will upload lastest tv show.
In order to see videos on official US sites from abroad you’ll need to use a proxy service.
Easiest way to do it is to google “anonymous proxy” for list of proxy IP addresses.
Choose any address then go to you browser settings ( Something like “Tools>Internet options>Connections>Lan Settings..>and check “Enable proxy” and enter the prioxy ip address you got earlier.
That’s it ;)
Also if you are using iGoogle as a home page, heres great gadget watch ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC shows online to help you to access most major channels prime time shows online on their official sites fast and easy.
Here is what you need to do : On your iGoogle home page click on “Add Stuff” link in upper right corner. It will open gadget central and search for “Watch ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC shows online” to locate that gadget.
Or if you like an easy way, heres direct link to it http://www.down-the-pipe.com/watch-abc-nbc-cbs-fox-cw-tv-shows-online-free-gadget.html .
Enjoy
This way sucks, proxies are slow.
This is the best way..
hotspotshield.com
this hides your ip… lets you watch nbc.com abc.. everything THE BEST
download ultrasurf9.1 and it does it, stop making things complicated when there is an easy solution
MAC OS X USERS!! install hotspot sheild for mac and connect. thats all. it connected with a US ip at my first try. if its not, disconnect and connect again to catch a US ip adress. good luck.
Just go to http://leafpen.com, fill out their dumb survey and then watch all the lost you want!!! Works for me in the UK
thanks for the tip. my other half loves lost so here we go all the bandwidth will go on lost :)
I’m having the same problem. Hotspot used to work fine for ABC. However, now, after the episode has loaded, I get the error message (episodes are temporarily unavailable…”).
Can anybody help?
we should all make our websites for non-us viewers only. “this website is for non-us viewers only, now suck my smelly non-us balls”
does not work for me
Dude…..they block to non-US users because of the commercials. They have to be able to tell their sponsors that so many possible customers watched their adds. It still seems stupid to me, because having lived in 8 coutnries I know that they sell Tide detergent pretty much everywhere, etc….plus there are “amerikans” all over the world who go back home…..but please, it is understandable why a profit making company should want to block. I’m still getting around it though, as well as I can!
hulu detects most proxies now, anyone still having luck finding good proxies? been using the free trial from monkeyvpn.com and it’s fast, anyone know anymore sites with free trials?
I can confirm that seo-proxies.com work great for that purpose.
Thanks for the initial article, the “free” proxy posted did not work for me but I started looking around and the seo-proxies one is cheap and works great.
Mark says:
“Ya im the same as paddy up there, im from ireland when I click “Use a proxy server for your LAN” and enter a proxy address and port, my internet stops working altogether. All i get for any site is the “This page cannot be displayed” as if I am not connected to the internet.
Anyone know whats wrong?”
– Your antivirus software is protecting you. Hackers use proxies, so antiviruses block them. Mine does the same. Free proxies can be detected by most large sites and antiviruses as being proxies, so they’re blocked. You need a paid elite proxy to go undetected.
i am looking for a video overlay grabber
is there a way to capture the stream
Hi there, i have tried going through a proxy to watch some mtv shows but it keeps telling me that i need to download the latest flash player which i already have installed but i still get it telling me the same thing. I try to download it but nothing happens.
Thanks
I can’t do it! Charon does not show me any proxies…im freaking out..can anyone help me??
Hiiiii
Great how2,
But im having a few problems, i done everything u said but when i went onto firefox and tried to go onto http://www.abc.com it just comes up Connection timed out as if im not connected, im using wireless internet does tht effect anything ? Oh and i was putting the IP into the box where it says http proxie is tht correct or was it a different one i was to type it into?
thoughts anyone ? x
try http://www.stream2watch.com they got a abc live stream almost 24/7 for free
Originally Posted by Kathleen I was so excited when I saw the list. But when I went to watch some Buffy clips I got the dreaded message that I can’t watch because I’m outside of the US. bummer. This procedure will work with Hulu if you are so inclined: How to watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA
Hey, watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA i need more information kindly send me and
check out these grammar checker
Regards