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Watch BBC iPlayer, ITV & Channel 4 Abroad

Chrome extension by LivingAbroad.tv · Lifestyle · Entertainment

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A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · Entertainment with 4 000 users, a small but real audience. Audience over the last 30 days: unchanged.

Specific sites only: 331 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
4 000
Rating
3.5 (25 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
Unchanged (the store rounds this count to 1 000, so it moves only between steps)
Rating, last 30 days
Steady over 30 days
Version
3.1.4
Updated in the store
2026-10-31
Published
2023-11-06
Manifest
V3
Browser access
8 permissions, 331 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 12.10
4k · 1 reading
2026-10-20: released 3.1.22026-10-30: released 3.1.32026-10-31: released 3.1.4
  1. 2026-11-114k
Rating
unchanged since 12.10
reviewsrating 3.48 · 1 reading
2026-10-20: released 3.1.22026-10-30: released 3.1.32026-10-31: released 3.1.4
  1. 2026-11-11reviews25rating3.48
Users
unchanged since 31.08
4k · 2 readings
2026-09-05: released 3.0.42026-09-25: featured by the store2026-10-20: released 3.1.22026-10-30: released 3.1.32026-10-31: released 3.1.4
  1. 2026-08-314k
  2. 2026-11-114k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.48 · 2 readings
2026-09-05: released 3.0.42026-09-25: featured by the store2026-10-20: released 3.1.22026-10-30: released 3.1.32026-10-31: released 3.1.4
  1. 2026-08-31reviews25rating3.48
  2. 2026-11-11reviews25rating3.48

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing up to 2 times a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 331 match patterns.

  • *://bbc.co.uk/*
  • *://*.bbc.co.uk/*
  • *://bbci.co.uk/*
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  • *://*.bbci.co.uk/*
  • *://bbc.com/*
  • *://*.bbc.com/*
  • *://bbctvapps.co.uk/*
  • *://*.bbctvapps.co.uk/*
  • *://itv.com/*
  • *://*.itv.com/*
  • *://simulcast.itv.com/*
  • *://*.simulcast.itv.com/*
  • Clear your browsing data browsingData
  • Change which proxy your browser connects through proxy
  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
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  • Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
  • Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Declares webRequestAuthProvider

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 3.1.4
  2. Version 3.1.3
  3. Version 3.1.2 · Asked for more permissions (339, was 102) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on, browser permissions, sites that can connect to it)
Show the remaining 1
  1. Version 3.0.4

What changed recently

  1. Renamed from "Watch BBC iPlayer, ITVX & Channel 4 Abroad" to "Watch BBC iPlayer, ITV & Channel 4 Abroad"
  2. Released version 3.1.4 (was 3.1.3)
  3. Supported languages changed (1 → 5)
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  1. Store description rewritten (89 → 83 characters)
  2. Renamed from "Watch BBC iPlayer, ITV & Channel 4 Abroad" to "Watch BBC iPlayer, ITVX & Channel 4 Abroad"
  3. Released version 3.1.3 (was 3.1.2)
  4. Package size changed
  5. Asked for more permissions (339, was 102) (changed: site access, pages it runs its code on, browser permissions, sites that can connect to it)
  6. Store description rewritten
  7. Released version 3.1.2 (was 3.0.4)
  8. Gained the Featured badge
  9. Store description rewritten (128 → 89 characters)

Older entries and the full day by day series are in the app.

The publisher

LivingAbroad.tv.

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. My TV Works Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 53 users
  2. Stealthy Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 100k users ★ 3.4
  3. 7-iptv — 4K Live TV & Global Media Streaming Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 502 users ★ 4.9
  4. 7-iptv — 4K Live TV & Global Media Streaming Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 87 users ★ 4.0
  5. Homeway: Chinese Video Abroad Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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