How to watch Hulu outside the U.S.
January 17th, 2009 by Lars Ottesen Henriksen
We always get the TV-shows later than in the U.S… But why wait when Hulu.com exists? Well, they blocked the access from outside the U.S… But the solution is near and free: Hotspot Shield – a free simple proxy solution that goes to the U.S. Found via this Lifehacker post. We’ve been using it for a while and it works great, both on Mac and Windows, even for streaming video.
Bonus: YouTube’s “This video is not available in your country” can be circumvented when needed.
Bonus #2: Additional Office clips are available.
Update: I don’t know how legal this is, so use at your own risk… 
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June 17th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
If you’re having problems outside the US the solution is to buy a simple VPN account. They work on every operating system, so no need to worry about compatibility. I bought mine at with hidemynet at http://www.hidemynet.com for 5$, setup was easy 5minutes at most. Streaming hulu from the philippines with no problem. Even able to watch the HD streams on occasion when my ISP decides they want to do their jobs!
June 27th, 2010 at 3:01 am
I tried it before but they’ve detected that I was on an anonymous proxy and wouldn’t let me.
July 13th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I have been having trouble using Hotspotshield. Actually it has never worked for me. i just cant get a connection. Allways just connect, and then i disconnects right away.
Im living in Denmark and by your name i would guess that you are danish so i would like to hear if you could have any solutions.
Thanks so much.
July 16th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Hi Jonha, Hreinsinn,
I haven’t used this in quite a while but know that Hulu has gotten a bit smarter since I wrote this post. However, you may have luck using the latest trick, which I found on Lifehacker recently:
http://lifehacker.com/5583515/access-hulu-from-outside-the-us-without-a-proxy-server
Best of luck,
Lars
February 6th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
As you mention yourself this method does not work anymore. You can use the following trick instead http://vpnfreedom.com/hulu/how-to-watch-hulu-outside-the-us/