Netflix is not blocked where you are. It is showing you a different catalogue. The American one has titles that never turn up in yours, and the reason is not technical, it is that the rights were sold to somebody else in your country.
This guide covers what is actually in the US catalogue, why the menu changes when you cross a border, and how to reach the American one 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.
The American catalogue is the biggest single reason people go looking for another country’s Netflix, and it is worth being precise about why.
Netflix explains it plainly, and it uses this exact comparison: what is popular with members in the United States may not be in the United Kingdom, even though they are both English-speaking countries. More than one studio or distributor may own the rights to a title, and those rights are sold territory by territory.
A film can be on Netflix in America and not on Netflix where you are because a rival service bought it locally. Or because nobody bought it. Even Netflix’s own titles are not always uniform: some were made before Netflix could acquire worldwide rights, and other companies still hold them in some regions.
The US catalogue carries the American licensing of the big studio libraries, a long run of US network and cable series, and films that belong to other services elsewhere in the world.
It is not a better Netflix in every respect. Plenty of British, Korean and European titles are easier to find on their home catalogues. It is a different one, and it is usually the one holding the American show you cannot find.
Netflix decides which catalogue to show you from where your connection appears to be, not from where you signed up. Two people on the same plan, paying the same money, see two different menus.
Its terms describe the arrangement directly: 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 holds there.
StreamLocator gives you a US connection of the kind an ordinary home in America already has. Netflix sees that and serves the American catalogue.
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 new to sign up for. Whatever you pay Netflix now, in pounds or euros or anything else, is the subscription this works with.
Your account travels. The catalogue does not. Netflix is clear that actually moving your account to another country means cancelling, waiting for the membership to end, and starting again in the new place, and that your billing stays in the currency you signed up in until you do.
None of which you need to do here. Your plan, your price and your profiles all stay exactly as they are.
| Route | Cost | What you get | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Netflix via StreamLocatorRecommended | Nothing extra to Netflix | The American 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 US | A full second subscription | The American catalogue | You pay Netflix twice, and you need a US payment method to open it |
| Subscribing to whichever service holds it locally | Another monthly subscription | The one title you were looking for | Different titles sit with different services, so it rarely stops at one |
| 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 reaches the British Netflix catalogue too, along with BBC iPlayer and ITVX.
You are already paying for Netflix. The American catalogue is not another product, it is the same one with a different set of titles in it, and getting to it does not change anything about your account.
Yes. Netflix serves a different catalogue in every country. It explains that what is popular with members in the United States may not be in the United Kingdom, and that more than one studio or distributor may own the rights to a title, selling them territory by territory.
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 America 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 American catalogue, and the same StreamLocator subscription works with other streaming services too.
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