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While some of America's biggest networks open up their free streams to a global audience — ABC's News Live feed and CNN headlines, for example — you'll be met with an error message if you try to stream the likes of NBC or LiveNOW from FOX when outside of the U.S. The same issues arise with cable networks that you normally access through a website or app, using your provider credentials. You'll even be blocked from watching U.S.-specific streaming services that you pay a subscription to watch. So that includes standalone platforms like Peacock, Hulu, FOX One or ESPN Select/Unlimited, as well as

If you're thinking: "I'm OK because my main subscription services are Disney Plus, HBO Max and Paramount Plus, and they're available around the world," there's still a quirk you need to be aware of. Due to rights reasons, the catalogs of those subscription platforms can vary from country to country. So the content you see on them when in the U.S. may disappear completely when you cross the border Take "Doctor Who", for instance. If you're used to happily streaming new and old seasons on on your Disney Plus account at home, you'll discover that the episodes are nowhere to be seen if you travel