What is 10 play?
10 play (also called Tenplay, 10Play, or 10 Play) is the Australian Network Ten’s multi-platform TV streaming service. While the company considers it a catch-up service, it is more. Yes, you can watch full episodes of your favorite shows, but you can also watch live TV. If you’re from the land of Oz, you know that it has some great shows and movies. You’ll see Australian versions of familiar titles and ones from other countries if you’re not. You’ll also see content that’s entirely Aussie.
Testing your VPN is easy to do. Whether you are outside the country or just want to try your service before a trip, it works the same way. Once you connect to a VPN server in Australia, you go to the 10 play website and see if you can watch anything. With 10 play, you’ll know immediately if it will work. Here is the result we got when we tried without a VPN. Instead of playing this episode, we got a message stating that 10play is available for Australian residents only. Since we are not in the country, it will fail every time.
As with most regional streaming services, the service will block you if you are outside the targeted country. That’s true for other services like BBC iPlayer and several others. The key is to connect to a VPN to get around these restrictions. There isn’t a worldwide blocking standard, so some services will be able to get around conditions that others can’t. Of course, that is provider specific. This post will test which of our services can break through the barriers and which ones can’t. The service offers reality, drama, comedy, news, sports, kids, and films.
Let’s look at some of the titles on 10 Play.
- First Dates Australia
- MasterChef Australia
- The Cheap Seats
- The Living Room
- Prisoner
- I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here
- A-League
- The Bridge US
- Dr. Phil
- Judge Judy
And quite a few other available options. Let’s see which options will get us past the blocks.
ExpressVPN
It should come as no surprise that ExpressVPN excels at getting us past the 10 Play restrictions. It usually works and does well with speeds when it comes to geo-blocks. In this image, we connected to a server in Sydney. Unlike the message you saw without the VPN, ExpressVPN allows us to watch the show quickly and easily. You won’t have any issues watching all available content on 10 play, whether you want to watch MasterChef Australia or anything else. ExpressVPN passes our 10 play test.
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NordVPN
Because of NordVPN’s status, we are not surprised that it handles this test, either. In recent years, the company has done an excellent job of making itself one of the top providers in the community. In this image, we connected to Australian server #727, located in Sydney. We aren’t sure if the server number refers to the total number in the network or ones specific to Australia. We were easily able to watch First Dates Australia when we connected. NordVPN receives a passing grade from us.
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PIA
Even though many privacy-minded users love Private Internet Access (PIA), that doesn’t mean it does everything well. That seems to be the case in our 10 play test. As you can see here, we connected to a server in Sydney to try to watch a show called The Cheap Seats. Unfortunately, we got the same message we showed above, without connecting to a VPN at all. That means PIA fails the 10 play test.
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CyberGhost
The result of our CyberGhost test surprised us. It shows that even services with large networks can fail. In this image, we again connected to a server in Sydney to try to view a show called The Living Room. Here, you can see that the ghost was unsuccessful at getting past the geo-restrictions. CyberGhost does not pass our test to use 10 play outside of Australia.
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IPVanish
IPVanish has a highly stable network and did well on our three leak tests. However, this is an access test instead of a privacy test. As you can see here, we wanted to watch Australian Survivor. As with the other services, we chose a server in Sydney to keep it fair. Since the provider didn’t let us watch the show, IPVanish gets a failing grade on the 10 play test.
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Surfshark
The appropriately named Surfshark (for Australia) merged with NordVPN, as we’ve mentioned before in other posts. Just like NordVPN, Surshark uses the same network. In this image, you can see the Australian version of the famous British show, I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. We connected to a server in Sydney, and also, like Nord, we were able to watch the show. Surfshark gets a passing grade for our test.
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PrivadoVPN
PrivadoVPN, of course, has Australian servers, and the company uses Swiss protections. However, that doesn’t mean it is an excellent choice if you want to watch 10 play. We connected to a VPN server in Sydney to help keep the consistency of this streaming test. Here, we tried to watch a show called The Bridge US. We got the same message we did with some of the other providers; the service is only available for Australian residents. PrivadoVPN fails this geo-restriction test.
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StrongVPN
StongVPN is a sister company of IPVanish. Since that means they share the same network, it doesn’t surprise us that we had no luck in this test. We tried to watch Todd Sampson’s Body Hack by connecting to a server in Sydney. In this image, you can see that we could not view the show. Because of that, StrongVPN fails our test.
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HMA
HMA originally started as a way to get around geo-blocks at school. In this image, we tried to watch Survivor New Zealand and connected to a server in Sydney. We’re surprised to see that it didn’t do well on this test because we expected more from it. If you use HMA, you won’t have any success. HMA fails our 10 play streaming test.
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PureVPN
PureVPN has been around for some time and is well known for its long account terms. Perhaps PureVPN also needs to be known for getting past the 10 play restrictions. In the screenshot, you can see we connected to a server in Sydney. Next, we tried to watch MasterChef Asia. To our surprise, PureVPN allowed us to watch it. While we’re not sure if that will be consistent across other servers, you can verify that it at least works in Oz. PureVPN receives a passing grade for the 10 play streaming test.
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AtlasVPN
We connected to a server in Australia. With AtlasVPN, we got a result we hadn’t seen before. Not only did AtlasVPN not work, but using it to look at the site caused a 500 error. Of course, it still shows the same basic message; the service is unavailable in your region. We didn’t even get the chance to choose a show or movie because of this restriction. AtlasVPN fails the 10 play streaming test completely.
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Ivacy
Ivacy is part of the same company that PureVPN is. Since we had luck with Pure being able to unblock ten play, we expected Ivacy to repeat the feat. We connected to a server in Australia and tried to watch a show called Water Rats. As you can see, it worked when we wanted to watch it. Ivacy gets a passing grade on this streaming test.
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TorGuard
TorGuard has a solid reputation in the privacy community because it offers customizable options. Unfortunately, that does not seem to help the provider get past geo-blocks for 10 play. In this image, we connected to a server in Sydney. When we tried to watch Stuff Everyone Should Know About Australia, TorGuard did not let us view the show. Therefore, TorGuard fails our 10 play streaming test.
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CactusVPN
Because CactusVPN is one of the smaller providers, that can sometimes mean you can get around geo-blocks others can’t. That can sometimes go the other way, though, where it can’t get past restrictions others can. CactusVPN follows the second scenario. For this test, you can see we connected to a VPN server in Sydney, Australia. When we tried to watch a show called One Born Every Minute Australia, we couldn’t watch the show. That means our last option, CactusVPN, fails the 10 play streaming test.
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Bottom Line
Our 10 play streaming tests had some surprising results. Of our 14 providers, only five of them passed this streaming test. ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark, PureVPN, and Ivacy will all play the videos. That shows that roughly 64% of the providers can’t unblock this streaming service, even on our list. If your VPN doesn’t work for this purpose, we suggest changing to one that does.
