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I live in Hamburg. Amazon and Netflix and all the other pure streaming sites followed the new EU rules that kicked in a couple of months ago. BBC, ITV, C4 didn't and as far as I know broadcasters who stream stuff online don't have to.
It would be nice for me if they did, but they don't. As I said, even with a VPN BBC will spot it and block most of the time.
You have to have a subscription that was taken out in the UK and THEN phsyically travel from the UK to Hamburg for it to kick in (even then, it's temporary). As for VPNs, with the BBC you just quickly change server on NordVPN and it works again. Takes a few seconds. I've been watching BBC streams since the world cup started via VPN. When it does block it all you do is chose a new server or click the UK icon on NordVPN and it works again. NordVPN is good because there are 1000s of servers rather than just one.