Do you want to set up Hulu in South Africa in 2019? And why is Hulu not available in South Africa in 2019?
The reason in the simplest form? It goes down to rights to content. Rights to content cost, and the more locations you want to access, the more you will pay. Hulu is a platform that’s far more ahead than most, due to the fact that it streams content a day after that content airs. On Netflix, you have to wait until a season is over, with most of the content. The reason Hulu is able to do that? As Hulu is only available in the US, and thus invests all of its money on that market rather than the likes of Netflix which needs to take care of everyone.
Hulu is only available in the US, and thus is able to invest all of their money on the US market, often putting them ahead of the competition. That’s also why Hulu is able to stream shows a day after they premiere.
That’s why Hulu is not available in South Africa. But there is a way to set up Hulu in South Africa in 2019, if you are willing to read this, and do have some patience.
There are 3 steps to setting up Hulu in South Africa in 2019.
1. Make an account with Hulu, using an American card.
2. Fool Hulu into thinking that you are in the US.
3. Download the Hulu app.
It seems easy, and well, it’s not that hard, but you need to know what you are doing.
For registration, you need to provide a valid American card. That’s the hardest step of this tutorial. It all goes down to how much you want to access Hulu.
Here are our recommendations:
1. Ask an American friend if you can share accounts, if you can borrow their card, or if they can make an account for you.
2. Get a prepaid card issued in the US.
3. Get a virtual card issued in the US. There has to be money on it though.
It’s not easy to set up Hulu in South Africa, and due to the fact Hulu is not available in South Africa, this is the obstacles that you will face.
Having an American card of any sorts is a useful thing to have though. It will help you with other platforms.
We aren’t going to go through how to register your account. It’s pretty simple. It’s just like registering on any other website. Just make sure to provide an American address, and to use an American card.
Hulu knows that it would be easy to access Hulu in South Africa if it just geo-blocked Hulu.
That’s why there are several steps needed to be taken to access Hulu. First was registering. Now it’s making Hulu think that you are in the US instead of South Africa
And you do that by being in the US, virtually.
With the use of a VPN.
A VPN allows you to change your location to be anywhere in the world depending on the servers the service you are using has.
The problem is that most services don’t work with Hulu. Due to Hulu’s great job at blocking VPN services.
That’s where PrivateVPN comes in. Not only does it work with Hulu, but it also lets you watch American Netflix in South Africa, just like DAZN. Same with Netflix, BBC, Amazon Prime, and others.
You might have already been aware that a VPN is needed, yet still ended up searching for how to set up Hulu in South Africa in 2019 because the services you tried didn’t work. PrivateVPN works.
And that’s how you can set up Hulu in South Africa in 2019, except, on mobile devices, you also need the app.
On Apple devices, you need to sign out of your iCloud account followed by creating a new one, that’s based in the US.
You can’t just change your region on your current account, as if you do that, you will lose everything.
Having an account in the US will allow you to set up Hulu in South Africa, on your Apple devices.
After you download Hulu, you can log out.
On Android devices, you need to change your current region on your current account. It also needs to be in the US.
Here’s a link from Google that explains how to change your store location.
If you want to set up Hulu in South Africa in 2019, as far as big screens go, you can’t do it on Apple TV or the Chromecast.
Amazon Fire TV Stick is pretty much your only option.
This might not be an issue for some though depending on their bank/card you have in your current account. If needed, remove your current card, and add your American one. You can remove it after you download Hulu.
Hulu is one of the hardest platforms to set up, so take your time. And once you do, and are looking for some other platforms to unblock, we share those on our blog.
Written by Michael Smolski.