Dutch weblog Nederob.nl is pointing out that VidZone is not limited to the earlier mentioned countries including France, Spain, the UK and Germany. Theoretically the Netherlands and even the United States should be able to get the streaming music videos.
VidZone checks your location by PlayStation-account and not by IP-address. In the same way European and American gamers can check out Japanse demo's, they should be able to check out VidZone. "When possible, we do not advice to do this. We can not deliver the optimal user experience like we are used to.", added a Benelux representative of Sony Computer Entertainment.
Your journey to music video Nirvana can be very rewarding but potentially just a little bit lonely. We here at VidZone think that this journey would be better shared with friends and fellow music lovers. What if you could break out and explore other people’s MyZone to discover someone else’s perfect playlist, follow a fellow Rock Lover or RnB Fan or even follow your favourite artists. Well guess what? Now you can, and a whole lot more.
It’s been a little time since we have updated the application, and what better time for a spring clean than… well spring! We have been once again listening to you and subsequently tweaked, sped up, prettied and smoothed over the whole application to make you experience an even better one! We hope you like what we have done! The patch is available now so see below for to see exactly what to look out for.
PushSquare: "T'is almost the season to be jolly -- and Sony's online music video streaming service, VidZone, is preparing for the holidays in style. Knowing that its best chance of getting attention is running in the background during those holiday get togethers, Sony's announced a full reboot for the service, including a snappier interface and a bunch of new features."
Although the article said differently, from the United States you need to connect through a UK/Spain/German/Australian proxy server . Vidzone does an IP address check, which is above and beyond just checking the location of the Sony Networks account. All you can do with a UK Sony Networks account is get Vidzone, not use it. You'll get an error that your country isn't supported if you try to use it. Note that you sometimes have to try 10-20 different proxies before you get lucky and find one that performs well enough to use.