Want to unblock RTE Player in Canada? RTE does allow people to stream some of its content outside of Ireland, but most of the content that you will want to watch is not available outside of Ireland.
In this guide, we’ll show you how to unblock RTE Player in Canada, but this method will also work for unblocking the likes of BBC iPlayer as well as for some American streaming platforms, but first, let’s talk about why RTE Player is not in Canada.
RTE Player, unlike many other streaming platforms such as BBC iPlayer, makes an effort to make their services available worldwide.
That’s why some content is available in Canada.
However, just like with other streaming services, it goes down to rights.
RTE Player pays for the rights to show content it shows, and those rights aren’t worldwide.
Why? As RTE is an Irish provider with a focus on Ireland. It doesn’t make sense for it finically to pay for rights to show their content in places like Canada.
As a result, that content is blocked so that RTE Player does not get in trouble for showing content in countries where it can’t show it.
...But there is a way to unblock RTE Player in Canada now to access all of RTE Content.
To start watching RTE Player in Canada in 2020, you will need to trick RTE Player into thinking that you aren’t in Canada but in Ireland.
How do you do that? By changing your location virtually.
As far as changing your location virtually, that’s what a VPN allows you to do.
You connect to an Irish server, and you are virtually in Ireland. You connect to a UK server, and you are virtually in the UK.
Due to that possibility, VPN services are used to unblocked streaming services around the world.
However, if you ever tried using a VPN service, then you know that while most are able to unblock Netflix, and some are also able to unblock the likes of Hulu, nobody has been previously able to unblock RTE Player.
PrivateVPN? Just like all services, it didn’t support RTE Player for a very long time.
Going into 2020, as part of our constant improvements, whether it’s installing our own hardware are running Tier 1 bandwidth rather than hosting companies bandwidth for the fastest speeds, you can now unblock RTE Player in Canada.
Simply connect to PrivateVPN, and that’s whether with our 7-day free trial that doesn’t even ask for a card to try it out, or more long-term membership, download the app, connect to an RTE server, and you are ready to watch RTE Player in Canada.
RTE doesn’t require any weirds signups or anything like that, unlike some other services. Simply connect to a VPN, and you are ready to go.
..But you might also want to get the app, and we’ll walk through that now.
Alternatively, you can search for the Android version of the app on the internet, and just download it that way.
The Android app isn’t great, according to reviews, though.
On Apple devices, you just need to log out of your iCloud account, followed by creating one with your location in Ireland.
After you do that, download RTE Player, and if you wish, switch back to your Canadian Apple App Store.
It’s important that you don’t just change the location on your current account. That would result in you losing everything.
...Unless you have an Android TV, we recommend that you just get an HDMI cable and connect your laptop to your TV.
The reason for that is that platforms like Apple TV, Roku, and so on do not support VPN services, Meanwhile, there’s no RTE app for the Fire TV Stick, and while you can technically download an Android app and install it, the app is not great.
RTE Player is not the hardest platform to unblock as there are no complicated steps for it.
However, due to the fact that no VPN services supported it for so long, it was the hardest platform to unblock for a very long time.
Now that you unblocked RTE, how about unblocking other services? As far as BBC iPlayer, just connect to a BBC location and create a BBC account. As far as others? We have guides on how to unblock services like Hulu on our blog.
Written by Michael Smolski.
Disclaimer: While PrivateVPN works with RTE, due to the nature of services like RTE having to take measures against VPN services, just like any other service with any streaming platform, PrivateVPN cannot guarantee that the service will work non-stop at all given times.