Well as far as County Player working overseas goes; it works as well for me in New Zealand without a VPN as it does for folk in the UK (i.e. sometimes fine, sometimes less so or not at all.) This season it seems to be more 'less so' than 'fine' so I signed up to a VPN as well so I can listen to BBC regional station commentaries as a backup when County Player goes tits up. It enables me to access BBC iplayer and as much free-to-air TV from different countries as I want. Express VPN currently offers a year's sub + 3 months free for about $AUS140.