This is probably what happened to your VPN. VPNs with limited servers in Ireland and just a handful of IP addresses are at a disadvantage because eventually, all the available IP addresses will be identified and blocked by RTE Player. VPNs that work with RTE Player are the ones that have the means to get around RTE Player’s blocking techniques. RTE Player scans for abnormal behaviour and when it finds it, it will block the IP address. This is flagged as abnormal behavior by the streaming platform. This results in multiple customers using the same IP address to use RTE Player. VPNs have more customers than IP addresses.If the IP provided to you matches the one in the database, RTE Player will block your connection. It uses GeoIP database services that provide location data for IP addresses.It scans your connection for DNS and WebRTC leaks.Like other major platforms, RTE Player uses three main techniques to first identify and then block IP addresses that belong to VPNs. In order to prevent these issues, RTE Player tries to prevent VPNs from accessing their services. RTE Player will still be subject to copyright claims and licensing issues if a customer outside Ireland accesses their exclusive broadcasting rights content. These tabs have content that only has exclusive broadcasting rights to Ireland. The issue arises when you try to watch ‘Live’ or ‘Box Set’ tabs. You can still watch shows on RTE Player’s ‘Home’ tab as these shows have international broadcasting rights. Simply put, it only has rights to broadcast its content in Ireland. RTE Player is an Irish streaming platform that is only available to customers in Ireland. There is also a 30-day money-back guarantee with NordVPN ($3.49/month) and Ivacy ($1.33/month), and they both have excellent support networks so that you can be comfortable upgrading to their service. They are always a step ahead of the streaming platform and thus work reliably anywhere in the world. So, when inevitably a specific IP is blacklisted by RTE Player, the VPN just closes that IP and replaces it with a new one that is not blocked. These VPNs have multiple servers in Ireland with a large number of IP addresses at their disposal. I recommend NordVPN ($3.49/month) or Ivacy ($1.33/month) as these VPNs are well equipped to get around RTE Player’s blocking techniques.
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To get around this you need to upgrade to a more reliable VPN. If the first two steps don’t work, unfortunately, all the IP addresses your VPN can provide have been blocked by RTE Player.