Watching NFL Games in Europe

With a configurable VPN connection you shall be able to watch your regular US sources on pad and phone.

Yes I was able to watch games on DirecTV with the VPN enabled. The only problem I had was the game coming on when I needed to be sleeping

Thats the problem is the time. Here at least there are sports bars where you can go and watch the game the next or later in the day. Just stay away from the news till then.

Don't assume that the VPN you pay for will necessarily let you access your US service. My cable company is Spectrum, and I've yet to find a VPN that spoofs my server location well enough to fool Spectrum's georestriction. I've tried several.

@jphbucks...exactly. I had the same issue last time I was over there! Both Spectrum and NBC were smart enough to figure the spoofing out and didn't work. Does anyone have DIRECT experience with using YouTube TV and a VPN in Europe?

I could access my Spectrum account using my US cell phone service but that was 3 yesrs ago. Since then canceled my account.

I can't imagine any reason YouTube wouldn't work. I looked at signing up this year, logged on with my Hungarian internet account ad looked at the schedule and prices. But too much $$$$ for my lifestyle.

It's getting harder to fool Youtube TV or other services. A few years ago, I could just download an Android app that would spoof my location so I could watch K.C. Chiefs football games when they weren't available in my listening area. Some spoofing apps worked, some didn't. Then it seems none of them worked, because I think Youtube TV started rejecting me due to the I/P address I was at. So maybe you'd need a geolocation spoofing app, and a VPN.

I do know that if I'm using a GiffGaff sim card, and I'm physically in the U.S., I'm considered to be roaming. And Netflix won't even let me log in. I guess my data was coming from England, or at least my I/P was saying London. Confusing...

I've found NordVPN to be the best at fooling geolocation software. I'm able to watch Netflix, Amazon, BBC, Virgin, Sky Sports etc wherever I am in the world where other VPN services have failed.

Try this: 1. Download Tor browser; and 2. Stream games from nflwebcast.com. User beware.
Good luck.

I am reminded of a meeting our company had planned in Zhuhai China. We had all arrived, checked in and settled when an announcement came that we were being relocated by the Chinese military. There were busses waiting for us outside the hotel. We were given 15 minutes to pack and leave. Once we were on the busses, we learned that Kim Jung Un's personal train had arrived with his entourage and that our hotel had been commandeered. We were moved to a hotel in Guzhen, a big modern looking hotel, one that was able to absorb a couple busloads of guests on very short notice.
Oh, back to the watching NFL games..... As with any work travel, the next morning we were all scrambling to access the internet, check emails, send out reports, polish presentations, etc. In the middle of my work, the system literally crashed to it's knees. The pages were taking minutes to refresh. It was like a dial up modem level service in a modern hotel. I had never experienced anything so terrible and with a ton of work to do, it was a problem. I called to the front desk. It turns out I was not alone. They were getting bombarded with calls. I'm starting to think that the Chinese military was somehow involved. They had all of our contact details from the last hotel. What the heck was going on?
I did what I could by phone and went for breakfast. It was there that I learned one of our guys was using Slingbox back to his US account to watch a football game. I think it may have been a Raiders game... Singlehandedly he had dragged the entire network at this nice modern hotel to its absolute knees.
Before you fire up your games, be sure that you know if the telephony is capable of handling your access.

I've found NordVPN to be the best at fooling geolocation software. I'm
able to watch Netflix, Amazon, BBC, Virgin, Sky Sports etc wherever I
am in the world where other VPN services have failed.

I dont have the others, but I watch my US Netflix and my US Amazon accounts in Europe all of the time without a VPN. I even could watch my Spectrum TV when I still had that. If I wanted to see Specturm channels I would use my US Phone. If I wanted to see the US Content on Amazon or Netflix I use my US phone (US IP Address). If I want to see the local content on Amazon or Netflix (overwhelmingly the same as the US content plus a few selections not available in the US) I use my local phone or local WiFI. This is not an experiment, I do this every evening.

So, I suspect if you have a US phone and a US account of somesort in the US that shows NFL that you will be able to watch the games in Europe. Watch too many and you will end up paying for more GB is the worst of it. Dont want to watch it on a phone, then use your phone as the internet provider for a lap top, or in my case I mirror the screen from my Samsung phone to my Samsung TV.

But a sports bar is a lot more fun.

"But a sports bar is a lot of fun..."
Wow, last fall we were in Munich, went to an Irish pub/Australian pub for dinner. Turns out there was a Football game on the big screen TV with Da Bears playing Jacksonville. In an Australian pub, I drank Irish beer, had Irish stew, and watched an American football game. Oh yeah, the game was taking place in England. It was a blast.

I dont have the others, but I watch my US Netflix and my US Amazon accounts in Europe all of the time without a VPN.

That's because you can watch the local options of those two platforms but if you want to watch something that's restricted to the US/UK or elsewhere then invariably you're going to need a VPN to fool the software that you're based in the correct region. Sporting events in particular are very restricted by where they can be viewed.

That's because you can watch the local options of those two platforms
but if you want to watch something that's restricted to the US/UK or
elsewhere then invariably you're going to need a VPN to fool the
software that you're based in the correct region. Sporting events in
particular are very restricted by where they can be viewed.

JC, I can pick up my US cell phone right now and log into US Netflix just as I use to use it to long into my Spectrum Cable Television channels. I can also use my US cell phone to log into the Texas Department of Public Safety to update my driver’s license or the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners to update my license there. My Hungarian Wi-Fi and my Hungarian phone, no.

I went looking for a way to watch college ball a while back and YouTube had a subscription that covered it and NFL. I found it on my Hungarian Wi-Fi so YouTube knew where I was. Too expensive.

I live in Austria, I have Express VPN and subscriptions to just about every streaming service you can imagine in the US. Even with all of this, I have to borrow my brother’s cable account number and password to watch most live sports events like March Madness.

@Emily, same issue I've experienced the past with Express VPN. At first it was reliable atvdpoofing and now I'm having to jump through some serious hoops. Solving IT Issues is not high on my list of fun when I'm trying to watch an afternoon game well past my bedtime

@Emily Have you had any luck using YouTube TV with the VPN? Or, would you mind sharing how you're setting things up to get sports coverage?

After lots of research, the best option ended up using DAZN.com. I think I paid $12, but the video and audio were perfect - even on poor shared WiFi in a B&B. It ended up being the standard us network signal rebroadcast. Exactly what I wanted, no vpn, easy app to download and payment by us credit card.

Thanks for coming back and sharing what you found as a solution - especially since you were so happy with it !