I wanted to share a way I was able to circumvent the Free-to-Air geolocated restrictions on broadcast content via the Freeview App.
Last Saturday afternoon, Channel 7 in Victoria broadcast a VFL game on one of their secondary channels, which trialed two of the new rules - The 6-6-6 formation for centre bounces, and the 18-yard extended goal square.
I checked the regular FTA guide to see if the game would be on any of the digital channels, but it was not, so I couldn't watch it via terrestrial FTA, or via the live streaming app of Channel 7.
However, the Freeview app asks users to input their postcode when they first open the app, so they get the content for that region. Why this app doesn't use GPS or geolocating to automatically determine the location of the viewer is a mystery, but it allowed me to enter a Victorian postcode and access the Victorian content.
Out of interest, I entered 3051, my old North Melbourne postcode, and there was no problems.
The vision was in SD, and a little pixelated at times, but I was able to see the trialing of these new rules live. Which was awesome. Much like the 'trickster' mindset, I think this inventiveness demonstrates the entrepreneurial mindset again.
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