Comments on: Victory in battle to stream German content to USA

By: David Maltby

David Maltby — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 02:05:00 +0000

Christof, I too have wanted me and my children to have exposure to German content to keep up and improve our fluency. About 1 1/2 year ago I was watching Netflix.de using a VPN. That was blocked maybe 6 months ago. Then 2 months ago, I tried a free one month trial with Amazon.de prime using a VPN. Although I already had an American Amazon Prime account, apparently that wasn’t the same as a German Amazon Prime account. After the trial expired, I was willing to buy the year subscription of German Prime (~ $55 US), taking the chance that it might be blocked eventually. Anyhow, today, I noticed that at least using Hola’s VPN, doesn’t work anymore. I’m happy to pay for a VoD service, but unless I know that it contains popular cultural content, I don’t believe that I can get my kids to continue their interest in watching. Are you still able to stream Video on Demand services for current German content? If so, can you let me know what method that you are using? Thanks!

By: heidi ellis

heidi ellis — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:36:37 +0000

Hello, I found your blog post while fishing around for a way to stream German movies. Though we now live in Louisville (howdy, neighbor!) we lived for three years in Düsseldorf and I’m always trying to find ways for my kids to keep up their German. I see that this post is over a year old, and I wonder if you’ve found any new ways to stream German films and TV shows? The rules and technology are changing so quickly that I figure one of these days you’ll just be able to get a lovefilm membership or maybe access the netflix.de films here in the US… but until then I’d rather not reinvent the wheel if you’ve found something that works.
Thanks,
-heidi

By: Christof Demont-Heinrich

Christof Demont-Heinrich — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:13:18 +0000

In reply to Khan.

Khan,
I agree with you in terms of the attempts, often, though not always successful, on the part of various social and economic and political actors/players to reinforce national borders on the Internet. I do think that especially in terms of online activism, though, there has been substantial progress — although it is clear that far more is needed — in terms of the emergence of a truly international social space on via the Internet.

By: Khan

Khan — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:21:49 +0000

Thanks Professor Christof
I am often very skeptical about the argument of the demise of national boarders. In stead, I argue that the perception that neo-liberal market forces has the potential to erode the national forces has actually led to more coordinated effort from nationalistic forces.

I also wonder at the meanings of ‘ international’. In many ways, they are new ways of representing natioanlism.

Khan