FAQs

Why Does YouTube TV Have Location Restrictions?

There are two reasons: to honor the broadcasting rights agreed between regional broadcasters and content owners, and to stop subscribers sharing an account around the country.

On top of the location rules covered in this guide, YouTube TV caps every account at three simultaneous streams and six family members, all of whom have to share the same Home Area.

How Does YouTube TV Block VPNs?

There are a couple of methods at work.

The first is an automated detection system that monitors the IP addresses connecting to the service in real time and cross-references them against known lists of VPN server addresses. A match gets blocked, and you’ll see the “VPN/Proxy detected” message.

The second is volume. If hundreds of people stream from the same IP address at once, YouTube TV flags it as shared infrastructure and blacklists it.

How Often Can I Change My Current Playback Area?

As often as you like. Unlike your Home Area, there’s no limit on it.

Every change is verified, though. YouTube TV checks your IP address alongside your GPS or HTML5 geolocation each time you update it.

That means your VPN and its location-spoofing setting need to be running for every single switch.

Can I Watch the NFL on YouTube TV without Sunday Ticket?

Yes, you can watch blacked-out NFL games on YouTube TV without NFL Sunday Ticket.

Change your location with a VPN and a location spoofer, and you can pick up any Sunday game you want through a live regional broadcast in another state.