In fact you can enjoy any Irish TV stations plus lots of other sites restricted by location. You then open your browser as normal, and when you visit the RTE player site, you’ll get the Irish version of the site rather than the International one simply based on your IP address. So for RTE we’d obviously select one of the Irish servers and then press connect.
So here’s the little program called NordVPN which sits in the taskbar on a PC and you simply select the country you need to connect to – Here’s the one I use it’s a security program called NordVPN – I like it because it’s well priced and has lots of fast servers in different countries which is useful for accessing sites like BBC iPlayer, Hulu etc which also block access from outside countries.
There are quite a few companies who offer these services, but only a handful worth considering especially if you need an Irish IP address. So if the VPN server is in Ireland, you will also appear to be in Ireland and all Irish only resources like RTE Player will work just fine. Fortunately there is another way, and that is connecting via a VPN or proxy server, when you do this the web site see’s the servers address and not your real one.
It’s actually not that easy to change your real IP address as it’s controlled by your ISP and is linked to the country you connect from. So all you need to do is change your IP address to an Irish one. The RTE player international version is ok, but the majority of shows and sports are not available on this site, you can watch most of the local news broadcasts though. It does this by checking the location of your IP address – if it’s an Irish IP then fine but anywhere else and you get redirected to the international version of RTE player which blocks most of the decent shows and all the sport like GAA. It’s not actually that hard to do, when you connect to RTE player the site determines your location.
I always think this is a bit strange as the people who will want to watch things like RTE and the GAA over the internet will mostly be Irish people living in places like the UK and USA! Fortunately there is a solution, read on to see how to watch RTE player abroad. RTE player is a great little site linked to the Irish National broadcaster – RTE (Raidió Teilifís Éireann).Īs usual though if you’re not actually in Ireland when connecting to the website then it won’t work for you, although you can access some of the radio content and sometimes the Irish news. This ones about accessing RTE from the US, or in fact anywhere that’s outside the Irish Republic. Fortunately they have a 30 day money back guarantee so you can try it out first.Īnother post for those missing their favorite TV channels just because they are outside their home country. However I still suggest testing it out first and seeing if it works ok for you, please feel free to leave a comment with your own experiences. There are reports that many VPNs are now blocked with RTE but NordVPN appears unaffected.Īnyway I’ve just streamed the news, a sports programme and a soap called Fair City without interruption using NordVPN. Anyway I was just checking how can I watch Irish TV in UK or USA and can confirm it still works fine. Well the RTE site has changed a lot from 2013 and it actually has a lot more options. Just checked this post as it was over six years old, wanted to make sure RTE is still accessible in 2020.