You did not lose Netflix when you moved. You lost the British one. The account still works, the bill still goes out, and the shows you used to watch are not in the menu any more, because Netflix serves a different catalogue in every country.
This guide covers what is actually in the UK catalogue, why yours looks different now, and how to get the British one back on the subscription you already pay for.
There is no second Netflix subscription to buy. This is the Netflix you already pay for, showing you a different set of titles. StreamLocator is billed separately, and it is the only new cost here.
Netflix is not blocked abroad the way the British broadcasters are. It is available in almost every country, and it works perfectly well where you are. What changes when you cross a border is the list of things it will play.
Netflix explains this itself, and the explanation is worth reading because it kills the usual assumption. What is popular with members in one country may not be in another, even between two English-speaking countries. And more than one studio or distributor may own the rights to a title, which they sell country by country.
So a film can be on Netflix in Britain and simply not on Netflix where you are, because someone else bought it there. Or because nobody is selling it. Or because it is exclusive to a different service in your new country.
The British catalogue leans on things licensed for British viewers: UK-made drama and comedy, films that a British broadcaster or distributor holds elsewhere in the world, and the local slice of the big studio catalogues.
It is not a smaller or a larger Netflix. It is a different one, and if you grew up on it, it is the one with your programmes in it.
Netflix decides which catalogue to show you from where your connection appears to be, not from where you signed up. That is why the menu changed the week you moved, without anyone telling you.
Its terms are direct about the arrangement: you may access Netflix content primarily within the country where you set up your account, and what is available varies by location and by the rights Netflix has been granted there.
StreamLocator gives you a UK connection of the kind an ordinary home in Britain already has. Netflix sees that and serves the British catalogue, the way it does for anyone at home.
Most VPNs push thousands of people through the same small pool of company servers. Streaming services have learned to recognise that pattern, and once hundreds of viewers are arriving from one machine the whole pool gets shut out together. StreamLocator does not put you in that queue.
There is nothing to sign up for. If you pay Netflix already, in euros or dollars or anything else, that is the subscription this works with.
Your account travels. What does not travel is the catalogue, and Netflix is clear that properly moving your account to another country means cancelling, waiting for the membership to end, and starting again in the new place. Your billing stays in the currency you signed up in until you do.
Which is the useful thing about this page: you do not have to do any of that. Nothing changes on your account, your plan or your bill.
| Route | Cost | What you get | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Netflix via StreamLocatorRecommended | Nothing extra to Netflix | The British catalogue, on the account you already pay for | Nothing changes on your plan, your billing or your profiles |
| A second Netflix account billed in the UK | A full second subscription | The British catalogue | You pay Netflix twice, and you need a UK payment method to open it |
| Buying the series elsewhere | Per series | Only the shows you buy | Costs more than the Netflix subscription you are already paying for |
| Waiting for titles to reach your country | Free | Some of them, eventually | Rights are sold country by country, so plenty of titles never arrive at all |
The first row is what this guide is about. The other three are what people try first.
Setting it up on the router covers every device in the house at once. The same connection also reaches BBC iPlayer, ITVX and Channel 4, and it will take you to the American Netflix catalogue as well if you want to compare them.
Moving abroad takes a lot of small things with it, and the television you knew is one of them. This is the easiest one to get back, and it does not cost you another subscription to do it.
Yes. Netflix serves a different catalogue in every country. It explains that what is popular with members in one country may not be in another, and that more than one studio or distributor may own the rights to a title, selling them country by country.
Your account travels with you, but the catalogue does not. Netflix decides which catalogue to show you from where your connection appears to be, and its terms say you may access Netflix content primarily within the country where you set up your account.
Because the rights were sold separately. More than one studio or distributor may own a title in different territories, so a programme can be on Netflix in Britain and belong to a different service where you are. Sometimes nobody is selling it in your country at all.
No. You pay Netflix yourself, on the account you already have. StreamLocator charges you for the access that lets you reach the British catalogue, and the same StreamLocator subscription works with other streaming services too.
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