Watch your favorite tv shows on Hulu outside USA for free
Posted by zee on January 18th, 2008 137 Comments »Unfortunately Hulu Invitations have packed up, all the sites that were offering Hulu invitations are out of invitations and i was one of the lucky person to get an invite on time, though for a few weeks it didn’t run well reason being i was accessing Hulu outside USA. And every time i tried to access Hulu i got the message below :
“Unfortunately this video is not currently available in your country, region. We apologize for this inconvenience.”
So here is a simple easy way to watch Hulu :
But firstly :
What is Hulu.com ? http://www.hulu.com
Hulu offers current primetime shows like The Office, Prison Break, Bionic Woman, House and Bones, and episodes from TV classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Miami Vice, Arrested Development , Family Guy, Simpsons and more(trust me they got it all) . In simple terms all the favourit shows on which we spend rediculous amount of money in buying DVD’s are now available on Hulu.com and you can watch it for free of cost. (I am enjoying the Family Guy’s 6th Season thanks Hulu)
The Issue of Hulu Access across the world ?
Hulu provides content directly from the network’s so the content is copyright protected and for legal reasons they have restricted its access around the globe, if a Family Guys Episodes is aired on Tv in USA it should only be accessible to the internet users from USA. They check this via our IP address.
Bi-pass Hulu Restrictions and Watch Hulu outside USA ?
So far there are two solution to bi-pass restriction to watch Hulu :
- The easy way to bipass hulu is throught HotSpot Shield , its a free internet security suit that encrypts and protects inbound / outbound Internet traffic (email, instant messaging, VoIP calls, web surfing, etc.) by creating a virtual private network. Thus hiding your actual location to a USA based IP as HotSpot Shield is its self for USA only. So after installing HotSpot Shield, run it and you will see a small icon on the task bar right click it and connect a window in IE or Firefox will open and will show the status if it gets connected then refresh Hulu and enjoy the kool episodes.
- Second option is to use Ultrareach UltraSurf is the flagship software product from UltraReach Internet Corp. for Internet anti-censorship. It enables users inside countries with heavy Internet censorship to visit any public web sites in the world safely and freely. It automatically connects to the fastest possible US proxies. You can also set it up to route only one browser (IE for example) or tunnel other traffic such as BitTorrent.
Status :
So far have received following confirmation from different regions through friends if you get it working your country please drop in the comments.
- Confirmation it works in Canada
- Confirmation it works in India
- Confirmation it works in Germany
- Confirmation it works in UK
- Confirmation it works in Pakistan
- Confirmation it works in UAE
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February 8th, 2008 at 10:22 am
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February 15th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I used the Ultrareach UltraSurf software from Italy and it did work nicely
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Ok…works in here in Argentina too!
Thanks!
March 14th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Dude I love you so much
i was on the beta from almost the begging and then right as it opened up to the public I had to take a tip to germany and had nothing much to do and was bummbing that I couldent watch any hulu programming while I was stuck over here in europe but now it works perfectley and I am sooo thankfull for it
March 16th, 2008 at 5:47 am
I got the hotspot shield and it worked well for a few days but then apparently i went over there 10 gig usage limit and it stopped working in the middle of a show then i tried the other program you suggested and sense I am on a mac that didn’t work for me now if anyone can suggest some other form of connecting to it it would be well appreciated
March 20th, 2008 at 3:31 am
UltraReach worked in Brasil too, but just on IE. Firefox can’t be used.
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
niiice, this is excellent. Use of proxies can be so tiring and slow-paced its nice to have an easier alternative. Geo-targeting is becoming more and more common and leaving people like us (in the UK) out in the cold.
The article is much apprecated
Thanks
Casper
March 25th, 2008 at 6:36 am
I can conform it works in the netherlands.
Thanks for the tip!!!!
March 25th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Forgot to mention that in the NL it works with HotSpot Shield.
March 29th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
ultra reach..it worked here in the Philippines too. but only in ie not on Firefox..
March 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
It works great in Venezuela
thanks
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:54 am
cool, it works in switzerland too !
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:48 am
the hotspot shield worked well for a few days but then i went over the 10 gig usage limit and it stopped working in the middle of a show. I then tried Ultrasurf but with
no success, Hulu knows that i`m from out of town. Does
anyone know why?
April 4th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Thanks so much…works in Luxembourg.
I use HotSpot Shield with Safari.
April 7th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
HotSpot Shield works in Belgium. Haven’t tried Ultrasurf yet.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
yaii!!
ultra surf working on Bolivia
thanks
oh, only in IE though
April 18th, 2008 at 6:46 am
HotSpot Shield. Worked like a charm in Malaysia
Trying out UltraReach next, since HSS sometimes hit “Exceeded Bandwidth”.
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April 29th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
y hotspot shield is taking to long 2 connect in MALAYSIA??? can sumone help
May 10th, 2008 at 6:56 am
UltraSurf 8.9 works perfectly from the Netherlands too. For Firefox users see:
http://mustreadfiles.blogspot.com/2007/11/ultra-surf.html
May 20th, 2008 at 3:56 am
it worked from Slovakia (EU) as well
May 20th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
It works in Europe, Romania … a little to slow but it works! Thanks!
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May 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
UltraSurf works in Switzerland as well
Thanks a lot for the information.
May 31st, 2008 at 7:50 am
And what about mac users?
hotspot shield worked for a couple of days and then it just unable to connect. what i can i do about it?
June 16th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Works in the czech republic
June 16th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Works in Israel
June 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
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June 28th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Works in Europe Malta, thanks
July 6th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
works in chile too
July 9th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Works in Ireland
July 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Hi, I can confirm Hotspot Shield makes hulu work in Israel, too. however, since the program uses a far away American proxy, it slows the connection down.
July 16th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Forgot to mention, I use Firefox 3.0 .
July 27th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Does not work. Downloaded u.exe, and installed internet explorer , only for this. It blocks javascript, and it does not play hulu.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Works in ARGENTINA
August 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Hulu works with HotSpot Shield in Sweden.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I have been using UltraSurf9 from Au and it worked fine, however now I get a message that tells me to check my internet conection. Any ideas ?
August 25th, 2008 at 3:08 am
hi.i’m from romania….and hotspot shield works ^ ^ THX
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
I am from Austria and used “Ultrareach” and “HotSpotShield”.
Both worked in AUSTRIA.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 am
And it works also with Opera, Firefox and Google Chrome.
I just had to set Port 9666 for HTTP.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Works in Sweden. Yeeeha!
September 12th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Well, this is funny….
I live in the US and want to catch shows from the UK (like itv) that are being blocked as they are for only UK viewers. Any ideas?
September 26th, 2008 at 10:27 am
its works Slovakia to
October 5th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
it works in belgium
thnks!
October 13th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Linux? Is there a service with a linux client? Or do I need to buy a commercial VPN service that supports linux?
October 14th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Tested Hulu with Hotspot Shield. Works perfect. Don’t forget to switch Hotspot Shield of when you stop watching videos, it slows your internetconnection down.
October 19th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Norway works perfect with hotspot.
Thanks alot
October 21st, 2008 at 5:27 am
AWESOME! ultrasurf works in israel
October 29th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
HotSpot Shield works in México. I love you, and i hate you though, because i won’t stop watching family guy for the next three weeks haha.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Hey, thanks for the great post. I tried to compile and use a mini-proxy on our company’s U.S. server but it would not work and Hotspot Shield works like a dream. I am in Poland.
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November 7th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
UltraSurf doesn’t work and the other software is too slow. – Germany
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November 12th, 2008 at 1:59 am
It works in Spain too, Thanks!
November 15th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Ultrasurf works in India but faced proble with Hotspotshield
December 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
can also confirm that it works in Chile.
December 12th, 2008 at 4:34 am
HotSpotShield works great with my Playon! connected to my XBox 360. I can use my Hulu account to watch American programming on my TV in Japan. 100MB Fiber to the house doesn’t hurt either.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I got hotspotshield and can now view videos on hulu from here in the Philippines. Thank u zee
December 18th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Work on Peru great.
December 27th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Ultrasurf works in Romania too. Thanks !
December 29th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Works in South Korea as well.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Hotspotshield has a bandwidth limit of 3GB now. Once you have reached that for the month it will not work and will need to wait until the next month when it refreshes the bandwidth identified by your original IP. Ultrareach works only on windoze not OSX.
January 7th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Works in Czech Republic, too.
January 15th, 2009 at 10:19 am
works here in Botswana too!!!!
NICE
January 18th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
In order to see videos on official US sites from abroad you’ll need to use a proxy service.
Easiest way to do it is to google “anonymous proxy” for list of proxy IP addresses.
Choose any address then go to you browser settings ( Something like “Tools>Internet options>Connections>Lan Settings..>and check “Enable proxy” and enter the prioxy ip address you got earlier.
That’s it
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Here is what you need to do : On your iGoogle home page click on “Add Stuff” link in upper right corner. It will open gadget central and search for “Watch ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC shows online” to locate that gadget.
Or if you like an easy way, heres direct link to it http://www.down-the-pipe.com/watch-abc-nbc-cbs-fox-cw-tv-shows-online-free-gadget.html .
Enjoy
January 25th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Romania here ..i tried to download ultra reach, but Eset Smart security terminates the connection, saying that it’s trojan infected…i tried both the download links from their site, both the archive , and the executable .
Hotspot shield works nice..a little sluggish, but nice.
February 1st, 2009 at 7:28 am
Hotspot Shield works fine in Perú, but Ultrasurf doesn’t work for Hulu. It appears a message that says: “Sorry we’re unable to stream this video.Please check your Internet connection and try again”
February 6th, 2009 at 4:24 am
estonia works with ultra. thank you!
February 6th, 2009 at 4:27 am
Is not working in Argentina when installing Hotspot. Is there a different way.
Thanks,
Daniel
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Used anonymizer. Dunno much about it, except that I was able to access hulu from Tokyo.
http://www.anonymizer.com
February 24th, 2009 at 6:40 am
It works in The Netherlands too!
February 24th, 2009 at 9:39 am
IT WORKS IN MEXICO
thanx so much
March 13th, 2009 at 5:41 am
for real ! it workes in denmark but i have a messget that saids it was denguis
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I’m in Canada and have written about Hotspot Shield and Hulu on my blog before. Lately, however, HSS doesn’t seem to work reliably. I’m not sure if this is due to the growing popularity of the software choking access or if Hulu has begun tracking the HSS/Verio ISP IP addresses from Englewood, Colorado. For those with any trouble with HSS, please check out the HSS troublehshooting blog:
http://patricksoon.blogspot.com/2008/09/troubleshooting-hotspot-shield-all.html
And a list of Hotspot Shield alternatives:
http://patricksoon.blogspot.com/2008/11/hotspot-shield-alternatives-vpn.html
March 26th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Hey I have a LAN and every time I use one of the IP faking programs my LAN server stops my connection. Is there a way that I can fake HULU and still be connect through my LAN?
April 5th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
HotSpot shield works in Brazil (tested on Firefox and IE).
Thank you so much for this.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:25 am
For Firefox users:
you need to download the Firefox Add-On from the UltraReach homepage, unzip the file, drag the unzipped file on an open Firefox window and install the add-on.
Then you have a “button” in the right bottom of your Firefox status bar.
In order for UltraSurf to work you need to start UltraSurf, then open Firefox and click on the “WJ Disabled” button, which is red. When UltraSurf is working this button will turn green and the text will say “WJ Enabled”.
That’s all.
Works nice for me in Germany.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 am
I downloaded hotspot shield but when i launch it is says vpn ip address: not set. when i try the properties it says the same. I am in Europe Malta. Pls Help
April 29th, 2009 at 11:42 am
UltraSurf works in Mexcio too!
May 3rd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Hotspot shield works in Firefox in The Netherlands.
but ultrasurf doesn’t, I don’t know if it’s just my settings…
May 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Hotspot Shield works in Sweden.
May 11th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
it works in cayman islands
May 17th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Thanks, but it didn’t work in Portugal.
I get the message:
“Sorry we are unable to stream this video. Please check your Internet connection and try again.”
Sorry
May 20th, 2009 at 9:33 am
works in bosnia
))) thanks guys
May 27th, 2009 at 11:31 am
WOW
works great in Italy with 1 metod
tnx
May 28th, 2009 at 12:29 am
works in Hong Kong
May 29th, 2009 at 2:41 am
Hulu recently banned hotshield users from accessing their site. There are still dozens of paid alternatives though. The one I use when I’m traveling is http://www.hidemynet.com , it’s a low fee of 5 USD per month and I’ve never had any problems using it.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:44 am
hulu blocked hotspotshield
its ips not working anymore
June 25th, 2009 at 5:08 am
from 25 july it doesn’t work in Italy
June 29th, 2009 at 5:45 am
works in South Africa too!! Although after connecting, my internet connection becomes very slow
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:51 pm
It doesn’t work. Let me know if someone is able to use these methods to watch at hulu.
July 8th, 2009 at 6:55 am
Hotspot shield no longer works on Hulu. Hulu can now detect the proxy.
(((
July 12th, 2009 at 6:59 am
well….
i tried it on my mac and hulu says i am hidding my ip with a software and if i am really in usa i have to disable this software
PS:i am in a mac
PS2:i am using hotspot shield and ultrareach is only for windows
PS3: <— wow playstation 3!
PS4:i am in brazil
PS5:i need help i wanna watch hulu
July 14th, 2009 at 12:18 am
no longer works on hulu
any idea how to watch hulu now????
July 17th, 2009 at 4:02 am
Great article!
It works for me in the uk, thanks for sharing this
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July 21st, 2009 at 1:06 pm
thanks man great work
July 24th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Hi, it worked at Peru, but now Hulu can detect the hotshield… any other FREE option?
July 29th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Worked in sweden
July 29th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Hulu now requires you to disable your anonymous proxy tool (as of 30 July 09).
July 30th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Hulu.com has blocked the proxy ip adresses of both Hotshield & UltraShield. Those services don’t work anymore for huu.com
August 2nd, 2009 at 6:55 am
Works fine in Bolivia with Hotspot, Doesn’t work with the other.
Thanks a lot,
August 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 am
HotSpot Shield worked in South Africa, only problem is that it blocked my xfire and steam
August 7th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
It doesn’t work anymore for Canada.
They are on to us
August 8th, 2009 at 5:37 am
UltraSurf did not work in Hong Kong, hulu detected it and didn’t let me go in, that bitch.
August 10th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Confirmation that Hotspot Shield works in Poland
August 16th, 2009 at 7:15 am
it works in sweden too
August 21st, 2009 at 4:50 am
Confirmation that Hotspot Shield works in Australia in Google Chrome
August 27th, 2009 at 4:08 am
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August 28th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Both hotspot shield and ultraserf work in Greece!
August 30th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Doesn’t work for me in Germany. It detects that I am using an anonymizer. Any other solution?
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Hotspot Shield doesn’t work from Greece for Hulu. Hulu recognizes that I am using an anonymous browsing service.
September 6th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
it didn’t work in Argentina, it says it have to disble the anonymous mode so it can check if it’s from the states. I guess they realized about this.
September 18th, 2009 at 4:45 am
Nor hotspot neither ultrasurf work (in Italy) with hulu.com from few days.
September 18th, 2009 at 7:47 am
hotspot shield doesn’t works in argentina.
October 4th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Hotspot shield works very well in Switzerland
October 14th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I could really kiss you for this software. Thank you so much.
October 16th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
In Mexico. Hulu detected I was using a proxy. Dammit.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Sorry folks but the majority of the time Hulus detectors figure out that you are using a filter
October 21st, 2009 at 12:24 am
HotSpot Shield no longer works with Hulu. Currently in France.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
UKiVPN.com still works perfectly.
Originally it was for allowing access to the whole Internet from restricted areas, but it has become a popular way to watch hulu, iPlayer, etc. Works everywhere and also allows access to Youtube, Pandora, etc. Costs 5GBP / 8USD. Currently getting over 2Meg through it. Finally I can watch again.
October 24th, 2009 at 5:05 am
Hotspot Shield no longer works in Finland.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Hi, I’ve tried to us this from Ireland and Hulu.com and BBCiPlayer says “…from your IP address we can tell you are using a proxy server…” so Hotspot and Ultrareach don’t work anymore!
Niallbt
October 29th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Hotspot Shield works with Hulu in Canda – just watched the new Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Both software (Hotspot Shield and Ultrareach) no longer works in Hulu here in the Philippines
November 4th, 2009 at 6:05 am
I tried both and neither work for Hulu anymore. Reporting from Germany.
November 19th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Hotspot works from denmark
thx m8
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Works marvellously from Colombia!
December 10th, 2009 at 8:54 am
can’t access these websites from the uae. any suggestions??
December 10th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Works down here in Mexico, thnx man
December 11th, 2009 at 5:11 am
It doesn’t work in Thailand.Could you please help me?
December 20th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Hotspot doesn’t work in New Zealand anymore.
December 29th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
ultrasurf aint working in Poland
January 5th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
it works in Germany
January 13th, 2010 at 10:42 am
both these don’t work, the first oe downloaded but the videos on hulu come up with you are usig some sort of proxy hider, the second oes link is broken, id like if you could show me a way that works ?
January 18th, 2010 at 11:53 am
I have tried both HOTSPOT and ULTRASURF, but do to a lack of technical ability, cannot get either to work. can someone reply with very simple and clear steps on how to do this. Not just, “click the icon and you’re golden” remarks. thank you.