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Deutsche Welle combats internet censorship with Proton VPN

March 7, 2023 17.54 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German international service Deutsche Welle (DW) partners with Swiss virtual private network (VPN) provider Proton to offer its audience a secure way to access its content and the free, open […]

Filed Under: Conditional Access/Security, Distribution, Newsline, Streaming, Tech Tagged With: Andy Yen, Deutsche Welle, DW, Guido Baumhauer, Ingo Mannteufel, Proton, Proton VPN, VPN Edited: 7 March 2023 17:56

Russian VPN law comes into effect

November 2, 2017 08.56 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Russian regulator Roskomnadzor has said that most large-scale VPN services have expressed their willingness to comply with a new law that came into effect on November 1.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Russia, VPN Edited: 2 November 2017 08:56

Half of UK VPN users aim to avoid geo-blocking

May 31, 2017 10.26 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

Almost half of VPN users in the UK are accessing region-based content, according to new research by YouGov.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: geo-blocking, UK, VPN, YouGov Edited: 1 June 2017 09:13

A quarter of German internet users hit by geoblocking

July 1, 2016 11.01 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Almost a quarter (23%) of internet users in Germany wanted to watch videos on the net which turned out to be inaccessible due to geoblocking.

Filed Under: Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Regulation, Streaming, Video, Web TV Tagged With: BITKOM, geoblocking, Germany, movies, series, VPN Edited: 4 July 2016 09:03

VPN providers jump on Netflix announcement

January 11, 2016 09.11 Europe/London By Robert Briel

A number of VPN providers have reacted on the Netflix announcement that the service is now available worldwide.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, OTT, Top Story Tagged With: Netflix, VPN Edited: 12 January 2016 11:55

Netflix VPN usage revealed

January 13, 2015 09.18 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Netflix has recently denied it is cracking down on VPN usage of its services, despite repeated calls from content owners to stop illegal access to the SVOD service.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Research Tagged With: Global Web Index, Netflix, VPN Edited: 14 January 2015 10:57

Copyright holders want Netflix to ban VPN users

September 22, 2014 09.47 Europe/London By Robert Briel

One in four Icelanders aged 18 to 29 have a Netflix account, but the service is officially not available in the country.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: Netflix, VPN Edited: 23 September 2014 11:57

Hulu cracks down on geo-blocking tricks

April 28, 2014 11.00 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Hulu has stepped up efforts to block non-US viewers who are using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to mask their location.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Australia, geo-blocking, Hulu, Netflix, VPN Edited: 28 April 2014 11:03

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