Can I watch RTE Over the Internet
RTE stands for Raidi³ Teilif s ireann and is the public service broadcaster for Ireland. They’re one of the older broadcasters about, operating continuously since 1961. In charge is a board appointed by the Irish Government , it is very near to Irelands version of the BBC .
It is certainly why it is missed by Irish citizens who move from home , and why many were so pleased at the announcement of RTE Player which is a similar version of BBC Iplayer. This allows you access to most of RTE content but via the internet. Alas all the homesick Irish were to be disappointed when they tried to access the RTE Player from abroad, the dreaded Geotargeting stopped them.
Maybe you’ve heard this term, ‘geotargeting’ plays an important part in determining what you can do online. The most obvious example is when you go to Google, you will always be directed to the Google Home page related to your location e.g Google.com, Google.co.uk, Google.IE.
In this case it makes perfect sense, but unfortunately Geotargeting is also used to block access in many cases. The process is quite simple, as everyone who is using the internet has an IP address to identify them. This IP address is registered and can be traced to a physical location, the web site will simply look up this location to determine where you are .
This is what RTE Player does, it looks up your IP address and if it’s not registered in Ireland you won’t be able to access the content. BBC Iplayer does the same for Non-UK surfers, in fact most of the big media sites block access to their content outside their specific country. If you want to see how I did it – try here, on here – RTE player outside ireland
Fortunately there is a workaround to access the content. So for RTE player all you need to do is connect through an Irish Proxy server. When you connect throught the Irish proxy your IP address will be listed is Irish and RTE Player will work perfectly.
It’s perfectly simple to do, the hardest part is finding an Irish proxy you’ll normally have to use a commercial one .
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