Services for accessing US-only online content

Hotspot Shield is a free U.S. VPN server.

It can get Fox on Demand, ABC, CBS. Works on all those annoying "Sorry, US residents only" players too.

I don't get the connection.

Hotspot shield is a proxy manager that hides your IP address and therefore your geographical location. To other websites you appear to be located in the USA, so it's a useful tool for TV websites that restrict their viewing to US residents.

Nice...I'll see if it works with Joost.

Thanks stepo746

Now the writers strike is over in the US i would like to be able to enjoy watching them from www.nbc.com and www.abc.com with their streaming viewer programs, but i cant access them from Germany, same with Showtime.com how do i convince my computer (mac) that it stay stateside so i can get my lost and office.
Thanks! cause watching back episodes in german is making my winter extra gloomy!

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You need to go through a stateside proxy server. Really the only good way to do it is if you have a friend in the Statues that is technical and can set one up for you. Otherwise, try googling for downloading American tv shows, might steer you in a better direction.

If you have a stateside bank account, you can use AOL iTunes to download and watch TV shows from the states. It's about 1/3 cheaper than buying the DVDs when they come out.

NBC stopped selling their shows over iTunes in November: iTunes Store To Stop Selling NBC Television Shows

Accessing Hulu, Pandora And Other Sites From Outside Of the United States

Thanks very much for the tip. However, there seem to be no Help files, documentation or any support without "submitting my details". I am unable to connect using Hotshield. I don't even see a community forum.