CBS All-Access, just like many other streaming services, are not available in Ireland. Most guides on the topic? They only show you the simplest step of unblocking CBS, but to get CBS All-Access in Ireland, you also need to have a CBS account, and that requires a card issued in the US.
...That’s why in this guide, we go over all the key 3 steps to get CBS in Ireland.
Right now, CBS sees that you are in Ireland.
...Meaning that due to “rights to content” issues, it needs to make efforts to prevent you from using CBS All-Access.
Why?
As CBS doesn’t own all the content it shows, such as the Champions League.
In Ireland, other companies already have the right to show the Champions League, and due to that, if CBS was to be able to show it, it would first need to be able to get a license.
...Except, it’s not in CBS’s interest to do that, considering that Ireland is not the target area.
The result? That you need to search for how to get CBS All-Access in Ireland.
That’s why the first step to getting CBS in Ireland is to bypass CBS’s geo-block.
And you might already know that this is where VPN services come in.
If you previously tried using a VPN service to be virtually in the US to unblock CBS, then you might also know that it’s not as simple as connecting to the right server.
That’s because platforms like CBS also make efforts against VPN services.
And this is where PrivateVPN comes in as a service that won’t blow you away as far as quantity of servers is concerned, but that will instead allow you to unblock entertainment services that you want to use, such as CBS, such as DAZN, such as Hulu and ESPN+.
Sign up for the 7-day trial (No need for a card. Just provide an email and create a password.) ➡️ Download the PrivateVPN app. ➡️ Connect to a CBS server.
...And that will unblock CBS All-Access in Ireland.
But that’s the much easier part of this guide.
You also need an account that isn’t as simple to get as with the likes of Netflix.
Right now, if you try to create an account with CBS, unless your card is issued in a CBS supported area, you won’t be able to sign up, even if trying to sign up for a trial.
That’s because CBS, just like many other restricted platforms, also has blocks for cards not issued in supported countries.
The solution? To bypass CBS’s payment platform, and instead to use either Google’s or Apple’s payment platform which doesn’t have such blocks, provided you first change the location of your app store.
We’ll show you how to do that now.⬇️
After you have successfully created an account, if you wish, you can sign back into your previous account, and you will still have CBS.
PRO TIP: Don’t change the region on your current account. If you do that, you will lose everything. That’s why you need to create a new account.
On Android devices, instead of having to create a new account, you need to change the region of your current account.
Of course, entertainment is best enjoyed in front of a big screen.
...The options as far as that aren’t great as most smart TVs “aren’t that smart” when it comes to entertainment and don’t support VPN services, and the same applies to platforms like Apple TV, Roku, and even Chromecast.
That leaves 2 great options.
The easiest option is to connect your laptop to a TV via an HDMI cable.
The best one is to get the Amazon Fire TV Stick as it supports VPN services.
If you already have a Fire TV Stick, then you need to change the region of your current account.
If you only ordered an Amazon Fire TV Stick, then simply select for your region to be the US.
The best thing about this guide? That the steps shared in this guide will allow you to unblock many other blocked services in Ireland, whether that’s Hulu, DAZN, ESPN+, or BBC iPlayer.
And you can find that out when you sign up for our 7-day free trial.
Written by Michael Smolski.
Disclaimer: While PrivateVPN supports CBS, due to the nature of streaming services having to take efforts against VPN services, it’s not able to non-stop guarantee 100% of the time support at all given times.