BBAU YouTube videos geoblocked and hidden

[the Theorist]

Not sure where else to put this - is it just me or have they removed (hidden) every single video from the BBAU YouTube page? They’re all gone, except the Shorts. Unless they’ve geoblocked Australians?

You can find the playlists but everything else - all seasons, compilations and episodes - private…

 

[the Theorist]

No fucking way…?



Can anyone not in Aus confirm? @timmy @Brekkie @Kingston ?

 

[kamui]

Everything is still available outside of Australia: all the archived live streams, S1 - S3, the compilations and the current series. Last video was uploaded 2 hours ago.

 

[adam5116]

No fucking way…?

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Can anyone not in Aus confirm? @timmy @Brekkie @Kingston ?

I can't see any videos either...

Maybe they've run into some trouble uploading the recent episodes and had to pull them while they work it out? Or someone has tried to block 'all but Australia' and hit the wrong button?

 

[the Theorist]

I can't see any videos either...

Maybe they've run into some trouble uploading the recent episodes and had to pull them while they work it out? Or someone has tried to block 'all but Australia' and hit the wrong button?

Nah, they’re definitely catering to the overseas market now. UK specifically.

I’m furious. Blocking the old seasons from their literal home country is ludicrous.

 

[kamui]

I wasn't aware that they've done it, but they also have roughly 20-minute compilations of Michael's and Jane's best bits.

Or someone has tried to block 'all but Australia' and hit the wrong button?

That's the weird part.. they still advertise broadcasting times and the live stream on the 10 app both on the thumbnails and the video themselves.

 

[hayley03]

Hey everyone, so I had been watching the old seasons of big brother on the official YouTube channel, which they have now for some reason hidden all of the videos. I have seen some links to some Dailymotion pages where people upload the old seasons but all of these seem to be old links to pages that aren’t active anymore. Does anyone have any current way of watching the early seasons? Thanks!

 

[timmy]

OMG they've geoblocked them?

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[Brekkie]

Have merged the posts into one thread. Seems OK here in the UK. Suspect they meant to geoblock everywhere but Australia and fucked it up - knew it was too good to last.

 

[timmy]

I'll have another look tomoz, but S1-3 won't play with or without my VPN.

 

[the Theorist]

UPDATE: Almost everything seems to have suddenly re-appeared… what about for our international viewers?

 

[Duechayapol]

UPDATE: Almost everything seems to have suddenly re-appeared… what about for our international viewers?

Seems fine to me.

 

[timmy]

Yeah all good.

 

[the Theorist]

 

[timmy]

Nobody panic!

 

[kamui]

UPDATE: Almost everything seems to have suddenly re-appeared… what about for our international viewers?

Videos are now gone for US, Germany, UK, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and probably more

Videos are still available for France, Italy, the Philippines, Japan (and possibly more)

 

[Duechayapol]

Videos are now gone for US, Germany, UK, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and probably more

Videos are still available for France, Italy, the Philippines, Japan (and possibly more)

It could be that they are still trying to get all the countries back up.
Here in Ireland, it is fine.

 

[kamui]

It could be that they are still trying to get all the countries back up.

Those countries haven't been blocked before (well, at least US, Germany, UK and Canada, which I've tested when @the Theorist first raised this issue). They've only got blocked when Australia got unblocked.

 

[KJW]

UK here and can't see them, ahhh

 

[Aussiebrotherinuk]

Still not available for me (in the UK).