If you are located outside US and you trying to watch your favorite show on Fox.com you’ll get the following message:
Thank you for your interest in FOX.
This episode is currently only available to viewers living in the United States.
Part of solution is to change your IP with a US IP address. You can do this by using Hotspot Shield, a free VPN service. Go to AnchoreFree site, download and install the latest version of Hotspot Shield.
It works just fine for NBC, ABC, Hulu but it is not enough for Fox.com (thanks to Scott Piro for letting me know). The second part of the solution is that you have to delete your cookies before activating Hotspot Shield and changing your IP.
The explanation is that the first time you visit Fox.com, the site stores your location in a cookie on your computer. Next time to try to connect to the site, the information from the cookie will show your real location even though in the meanwhile you have changed your IP.
How to remove Fox.com cookie
Here is how to delete your Fox.com cookie for Firefox users:
- Go to Tool -> Options
- Click on Privacy tab and then on Show Cookies button
- In the list box search for Fox.com
- Click on the item
- Press Remove Cookies button
After that you can turn Hotspot Shield on and reload Fox.com.
IP ok. Still not working!
The removal of the Fox.com cookie should solve the IP problem, but you can encounter other problems as mentioned on this forum. Here is what AriXar is saying:
Some people do actually have trouble with the fox flash player. They passed the IP check but the video won’t buffer, load or stream at all. This is because fox uses a special kind of flash player. If you haven’t watched a show on fox or abc via their streaming sites, you will not have this addon installed.
If your IP check went fine, you will no longer get the message that you cannot watch the show if you live outside the US, instead you will now get a message that you have to install a new flash player addon. If you don’t get this message you can also get the addon here: http://www.movenetworks.com/install-move-player
Once installed, restart your browser and it should work fine with fox on demand.Now, you should be able to watch your favorite show from Fox.com. Enjoy!
Does it work for you?
Is this trick working for you? Have you encountered any problems?
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hv tried all mentioned but its not working, can reaach the player screen but no video stream
@ozzo – It’s possible that Fox.com has blocked Hotspot Shield IPs. I’ll check and get back to you later.
@HideIP Admin – Same issue as @ozzo. Please inform as soon as you know. Thanks!
@Eduardo Ferrari – It works for me but it is very slow. Maybe we should start looking for a Hotspot Shield alternative.
It’s no working again. I will check soon
doesn’t work for us either here in canada, somehow it knows
Superbe tutoriel! Merci
Nice. Thxs for this tip. I was looking for a while for this solution
I tried it, bur hotspot appears to be disconnected – privacy is off. Thats what it says and i can’t watch fox.
Thanks! Very helpful!
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