Can UK viewers see all content on Hulu? (Photo: Scout / Moviestore / Rex Images)
After nearly two years of waiting, this week Hulu unexpectedly released the first three episodes of Season 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale in the US.
For UK fans desperate to see the show and follow John Osborne (Elizabeth Moss) on the new installments, a Channel 4 release date has yet to be confirmed.
US Subscription Video Services Hulu boasts several titles, from The Good Doctor to Parasite to Nomadland, while the company recently ordered How I Met Your Father, a sequel to How I Met Your Mother starring Hilary Duff.
However, looking at The Handmaid’s Tale’s early release, many people will wonder if it can be accessed in the UK or if it can be done using a proxy or VPN.
So is it possible to access Hulu in the UK or do you have to be in the US to do so?
Is Hulu available in the UK?
On the Hulu website, it states that the subscription service is only available in the United States, on the American soil, and at US military bases, so it is not currently available abroad.
Fans of The Handmaid’s Tale in the UK hope Season 4 will soon appear (Image: Hulu)
When people sign up for Hulu, they must use a payment method issued in the United States, while the company’s Live TV subscription is only available to people who live in a residence in the United States.
In a section titled “Anonymous Proxy / VPN”, Hulu added that the service “does not work with anonymous or proxy services”.
This means that if people try to access Hulu at a location outside of the United States, a US region, or a US military base, they will not be able to do so.
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The company said: “Sometimes anonymous proxies are used to access sites that are restricted to a person’s specific geographic location by making the site believe that they are elsewhere.”
Due to rights concerns, Hulu must be able to pinpoint a person’s exact geographic location. Since anonymous proxy servers prevent us from locating this information, we are unable to stream videos to anonymous proxy server users.
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