I’ve had the joy to use swedish TV4 Play streaming for almost 2 years now from Finland using a popular VPN service.
Last week started to experience some minor issues. First I wasn’t able to stream from my Android TV. However I succesfully set it up on the Apple TV through the router and on my iPhone and also from my computer using the desktop app. But this week it also has stopped working no matter what device or application I’m using.
The player now seems to detect that I’m using VPN. But how?
I’ve now tried to run trials from 5+ other VPN-providers without luck.
I tried to look for IP-leak, but there was no evidence of leakage.
I tried to create a new account on TV4 play.
Is anyone else having same kinds of experiences with other services and on-demand online TV? Is there any typical mistakes made that I’ve overlooked?
Thank you for the answer. They seem to have blocked several VPN providers since I’ve done a few free trials on a variety of providers now since last time.
Furthermore according to the providers online chat support this is a known problem and ”their technicians is working on it”.
As a matter of fact I do have relatives and friends in Sweden but I’d like to not bother them too much. Is there an easy ”plug-and-play” solution that I could just send along next time my friend visit?
You could get a RPi ready and enable VNC Connect. On the friend’s side they just plug it into power and Ethernet. Once the RPi is online with VNC, you can do all the necessary programming remotely (through VNC).
One small wrinkle to operate the VPN is the need to know your friend’s IP address (piVPN server software requires it). Use of a dynamic DNS service will keep it up to date, but it’s a little more complicated.
Your friend has to consent to sharing bandwidth, and a presence on his network may give unease.
If you want a “selling point” for your friend, you can install pihole which will block ads on his network.