This is where a VPN can come in handy. By using a VPN to connect to a server in your home country, you can change your IP address and make it look as if you’re still at home. When this works, it allows you to stream TV shows and movies that would otherwise be region-locked in your location.
- First off, clear your browser’s cookies. This is to make sure Prime Video forgets your previous IP address and acknowledges that of your VPN.
- Be sure to try multiple servers and clear your cookies between each new access attempt. It may be that you find an IP address that hasn’t been blocked.
- Still doesn’t work? Contact the support of IPVanish and ask if there’s a server that works with Prime Video.
If you don’t yet have an IPVanish subscription but want to give it a try with Prime Video, below is a step-by-step set of instructions to make the process quicker and easier.
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So while Prime Video may have a licensing agreement to show a particular TV show in the US, another streaming service may hold the rights in the UK. To comply with this and prevent users from accessing content from countries in which it isn’t available, it looks at your IP address. If it sees you’re not located in the appropriate country, the content is region-locked.
TV shows
- Downton Abbey
- This Is Us
- Sherlock
- House
- The Big Bang Theory
- Hawaii Five-0
- The Vampire Diaries
- Peaky Blinders
- Chicago Fire
- The Mentalist
- The Boys
- Invincible
Movies
- Fifty Shades Darker
- Jumanji: The Next Level
- Bad Boys For Life
- Get Out
- The Mummy
- Grease
- House of Gucci
- Shutter Island
- Inglourious Basterds
- Moonfall
