Title sums it all up. I’m connected to UK via Nord, but I can’t get Channel 4 to show up in the App Store for download (same also being true on my phone). Also tried TVNZ, connected to New Zealand, but still says I’m not in NZ. I’m new to all this and just want to watch season 6 of Great Pottery Throwdown! Thanks in advance for any help!
Can you watch on the web site?
I am having the same issue but I am in the US trying to find Channel 4 app on Apple TV . I confirmed in settings that ExpressVPN (my provider) is connected. I have even changed language region to UK, just in case. Any work arounds to find more international apps with regional restrictions? Im assuming I may have the same issue with future international apps I want to use. Thanks
FYI: mirroring from any other apple electronics does not work. The streaming image is blocked. You only get audio
Just in case someone is thinking of this last option that I can see. It is to change the country/Region associated with your Apple ID. This is a big undertaking as it cancels any existing credits and/or subscriptions you may have under the present region. You will then need to resubscribe with prices valid in that new region. I dont know if you will have to redownload apps or not. I am sure there are other complications that would arise if the region/country you are changing to is not your home region/country. This is all too risky and labor intensive for me.
So all that said… any ideas? lol
Okay, I was afraid of that. I downloaded the new VPN made available two weeks ago, and couldn’t find updated info for that one specifically and wasn’t sure if it was still the case. So it sounds like there’s no way to override I’m assuming, so I somehow need to figure out how to set up a new, UK-based Apple ID?
Sorry…second (or third) question: when paying for a VPN, do you know if it’s linked to the email or Apple ID? Meaning, could I use my email/vpn account on an Android phone/Google Play store? Infinite thanks again for your help!!!
The first comment with the answer was deleted, and I haven’t tried the solution yet, but it seems like the Apple TV also needs to be linked to an account registered to the UK, which has to be set up while the internet is connected to a VPN also through the UK. It won’t work to create an account registered to the UK if the device you create it on is not also attached to the VPN, it will detect that the internet isn’t in the UK. That’s my understanding of what my next steps should be, but I haven’t tried them to verify yet.
I’ve been using the Channel 4 app via Nord for a while but recently it started erroring when trying to play content saying it wasn’t available in my region - changing the time zone on my AppleTV to London has got it working again
Thank you for the tip! Truthfully I stopped trying; I’m a teacher and life got busy. I’ll tackle it again over summer break; maybe I can use another device to try a work around as well.
It was a bit of a faff to get working as needed to change App Store to Uk, download apps then with registering for everything but when done generally works well (until the recent issue I had with Ch4 but sorted again and watching Taskmaster now)
I’ve just tried the time zone tip and it’s worked for me.
Literally just set my iPad time zone to London, super easy!