Has anyone unblocked CuriousityStream?

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BaronGrivet

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#204374 29-Sep-2016 08:56

I've signed up to a 30 day trial of CuriousityStream and was disappointed to see most of the documentaries I was interested in aren't available in New Zealand.

Running it through their Android App/ Chromecast to my TV if I switch on an USA VPN for the Android I can see all of the content, but cannot connect to my Chromecast.

We're also using dns4me which allows you to setup custom domains to country redirects. I got this working on the first day by monitoring domain resolution, but it didn't work on the second day.

Has anyone else had similar experiences/ found a solution?

It's very frustrating as I'd love to have CuriousityStream for my son, but it's currently not worth the money if the documentaries we're interested in aren't available in New Zealand.

Linuxluver

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#1642306 29-Sep-2016 09:00

I have a sub I don't use much.

I've not noticed any geo-filtering, but then I haven't looked closely.

That's not much help, but at least you know someone else who has a sub. :-)

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#1642390 29-Sep-2016 09:47

Try DNS4Me.

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BaronGrivet

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#1642393 29-Sep-2016 09:54

freitasm:

Try DNS4Me.

That's what I use - but I had to setup custom domains. As mentioned in my original post it worked the first day, but not the second.

Inphinity

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#1642444 29-Sep-2016 10:52

Interesting, I am not using anything to counter geoblocking and I have yet to find any content on there that is geoblocked. Do you have any examples?

Krishant007

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#1642458 29-Sep-2016 10:59

I was looking at signing up for this - good to hear if there is any content that is geo blocked

BaronGrivet

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#1642465 29-Sep-2016 11:12

Inphinity:

Interesting, I am not using anything to counter geoblocking and I have yet to find any content on there that is geoblocked. Do you have any examples?

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On that note searching for "doctor" returns:

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12 results in the USA

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#1642484 29-Sep-2016 11:31

If you are a DNS4ME customer just raise a support ticket with them.

They are very helpful and often add services if you request them nicely. They added a couple I requested.

Now that they arent fighting the Netflix fight they seem to have started adding new services quite regularly.

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