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Watch CBC in USA: Ultimate streaming guide
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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CBC is a popular broadcasting company from Canada that serves as the country’s publicradioand TV broadcaster. CBC, which is short for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, is also known asRadio-Canada and is owned by the Government of Canada.
Currently, you can only watch CBC if you’re on Canadian territory. Thus, you might not be able to watch CBC even if you’re a Canadian expat living in the USA.
Which is perfectly understandable, but what if, as a Canadian living in a foreign country, you’re missing out on important broadcasts?
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What is geoblocking?
Fortunately, this situation isn’t exactly unheard of and can be easily bypassed. As in this case (CBC), when a certain service or website is not available outside of a certain region or is only available in specific countries, we call itgeoblocking.
There are several reasons why certain services can getblacklistedin certain regions, and politics usually play a huge role in this kind of decision. Censorship is another factor that heavily influences the outcome of these situations.
How can I watch CBC online outside Canada?
1. Use a VPN
(*)– if you want to watch CBC, which is only available in Canada, you should choose a Canadian server. For the best results, make sure you select a fast (low ping) server.
Private Internet Access is a great VPN service offered by Kape Technologies. You can think of it as the multi-tool of VPNs, as it can help you tackle various challenges.
Private Internet Access
For instance, you can use it tobypass geo-restrictions, anonymize your online identity, and secure your connection. Additionally, PIA can help youcurb packet lossandimprove ping, which is ideal when it comes tomultimediastreaming.
Private Internet Access has more than 200 servers (246 at the moment) in 4 locations on Canadian territory. You can connect to any servers in Ontario, Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal.
Thus, even if one of the servers and/or locations doesn’t work, you can just disconnect and pick another server.
2. Use a Smart DNS service
If using aVPNdoesn’t sound ideal to you, there’s another approach to watching CBC in the USA. You can use a SmartDNSservice, which in some cases proves to be better than using aVPN.
First of all, there’s absolutely no encryption. As a result, you won’t lose speed over the service while streaming your favorite CBC content.
However, that’s good news and also bad news, since the lack ofencryptionopens up your connection like a book to potential attackers. Your IP won’t be masked and none of the traffic will be encrypted.
Therefore, anyone who would decide to spy on your online activity (hackers, your ISP), won’t be bothered by any encryption obstacle.
SmartDNSservices simply replace your ISP-assignedDNSwith one of their own. The newly-assignedDNSis stripped of all metadata that would reveal your realgeo-locationto any server you interact with.
More so, a SmartDNSalso routes your traffic through its own dedicated server, which is located in the country you chose.
3. Use a proxy server
Proxy servers are similar in nature to VPNs. Using such a service will hide your IP address in order to bypass geographical restrictions. However, when it comes to encryption, proxies are not exactly ideal, since this feature may not be as strong, or be available at all.
Additionally, given that many proxy servers are public-access-based, you’ll be sharing the same servers with potentially hundreds of other users. In order to curb congestion issues, many proxy server administrators throttle the bandwidth, so that everyone could get a piece.
Furthermore, proxy traffic is usually extremely easy to detect. As a result, many services block your attempts to even access them if they detect you’re connecting through a proxy.
You can watch CBC outside of Canada effortlessly
To wrap it up, even if you’re not currently on Canadian territory, you can easily enjoy CBC. Whether you choose to connect to this service through aVPN, a Smart DNS, or proxy, is a matter of choice, but you should be aware that some of them are better than others.
For instance, proxy servers are usually free but might not work at all or throttle your bandwidth, whereasVPNssuch as PIA are paid services, but offer you great speed and unmatched protection.
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Vlad Constantinescu
Vlad might have a degree in Animal Husbandry and Livestock Management, but he’s currently rocking anything software related, ranging from testing programs to writing in-depth reviews about them.
He spent 3-4 years as a software editor at Softpedia and another year as a VPN specialist before he landed his current job as an author at Windows Report.
In his free time, Vlad enjoys playing guitar, doing jigsaw puzzles, researching cybersecurity, and even having a good read on rainy days.
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