I’m in the USA and use NordVPN and it works decently for the BBC iPlayer and the BBC News apps on my Nvidia Shield. I sideloaded the iPlayer and News apps from APKPure and used Sideload Channel Launcher 2 to add them to my Shield’s homescreen. Buffers occasionally but not bad.

I use Cyberghost VPN, but there's a catch.

The official BBC iPlayer app is auto hidden on the Shield if you're outside the UK. Even if you side load it.

You need to side load a modded version from here https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1011733/shield-tv/how-to-fix-the-disappearing-bbc-iplayer-app-for-out-of-region-/ Read the thread; it's pretty clear.

Apart from that; works fine for, it's just a little slow to start streaming.

Where are you located right now? Wimbledon is broadcast globally on multiple television networks (ESPN and TSN in North America)... it might be easier for you to get a local broadcast of the tournament instead of messing with a VPN.

i believe the bbc have blocked the IPs from VPN providers

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edit: some still working, https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/best-bbc-iplayer-vpn/

I'm in Ireland. The only one I could get to work with ITV, BBC and C4 was ExpressVPN. Couldnt get IPVanish, Nord or HideMyAss to work at all, just kept getting errors in BBC iPlayer. Also, if you are trying to do it on an Amazon Device you need to connect your VPN in the UK, then set up a UK Amazon.co.uk account with a UK Address and Credit Card otherwise you won't see any UK TV apps. Also, EVERYTIME you visit Amazon store under that account you need to do it via your VPN because Amazon tracks your location Amazon wide.

I found it on my phone Google play store ,not sure sorry ,would have to say phone app hola VPN and stream to tv.

I am using PrivateVPN. It passes Netflix and BBC iPlayer.

A DNS based service could also work. Benefit is you don’t need to send all your other traffic through the proxy as well. I’ve had reasonable success with Getflix, though I do have to retry the stream initiation on occasion, as it seems to timeout from time to time.

Goose VPN works a treat and you can buy the £2.99 per month for 40GB

PureVPN is a very good choice. I like TorGuard slightly better, but both are excellent alternatives. You can check how they and other brands compare in this ranking . Just so you have a reference. Cheers!

ipvanish. hands down

How do you watch Wimbledon through the BBC iPlayer app?
I am outside of the UK as well and use a smart DNS to access the BBC iPlayer app (works great). However nothing in the BBC iPlayer app is sports related.
I know the BBC iPlayer app does come bundled with a separate sports app, but I can never figure out how to launch it as there is no icon for it anywhere.

Edit: nevermind, I did find a sports category, but it's all FIFA Women's World Cup related.

Thanks everyone for the comments!!

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I decided to give PureVPN a try, because of the great offer for one year plan. I had already created a BBC account and I activated on my shield without problems. The first try to stream something was unsuccessful though, as I got error messages on every stream. I reboot my Shield and reconnect the VPN solved the issue. Navigation through the BBC iPlayer app was a pain for my eyes, but streaming was smooth without any buffering.

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Then I decided to give iplayer's addon for Kodi a try. The menu of the addon looks better than original app for me, but streaming was very bad. Does anyone use Kodi addon to share his experience?

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That's all for now.

Thanks!!!!!

TV Tap for firestick

I put nord vpn on an android box(Mibox) and firestick last night and BBC iPlayer won't work at all.... Itv hub works but strangely not iPlayer.... Is there a special setting in nord vpn that I haven't turned on?

Try Hola Android free Geo blocks choose country ,watch chosen network

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