Free, with ads
Advertising keeps it free
In the help centre’s words: “Tubi is free, but it’s supported by advertising.” Expect ad breaks during films and episodes; on a service funded this way, they come with watching.
Not on Tubi’s list · NPO Start and KIJK are free here
How to Watch Tubi in the Netherlands
Short answer: Tubi runs no Dutch service. Its help page for viewers abroad opens with “If you’re located outside the United States, you can watch Tubi on the following devices:” and then names Canada, Australia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and the United Kingdom. The Netherlands is not among them. When we looked on 11 October 2026, the Tubi app was not in the Dutch App Store either.
Free, legal television is easy to find here without it. NPO Start streams NPO 1, 2 and 3 live and keeps NPO programmes to watch back, as a rule for at least a week, with or without an account. KIJK has SBS6, NET5, Veronica and SBS9 programmes on demand, free with ads and with no account, and Samsung and LG televisions carry free channel services of their own.
If Tubi’s American library is what you want, start with one modest attempt: a laptop browser, a residential U.S. IP from USip, tubitv.com and one free title, watched as a guest. Tubi alone settles whether that connection is accepted, and it is free to say no to USip’s address like any other.
Fact-checked 11 October 2026Tubi’s, NPO’s, KIJK’s and ACM’s own pagesUSip and Tubi are separate services
Free and legal here, checked 11 October 2026
What the Netherlands already streams free
Begin with Dutch services, not American ones. On 11 October 2026 we read the help pages of NPO, KIJK, Samsung and LG; each row gives what the service is and any sign-in it asks for.
| Service | What it is | How to watch, and any sign-in |
|---|---|---|
| NPO Start | The public broadcaster’s streaming service at npo.nl/start: NPO 1, NPO 2 and NPO 3 live, and NPO programmes on catch-up. | No account strictly needed. Without one, NPO says, every NPO broadcast can be watched back free, “in de regel minstens een week lang” (as a rule for at least a week). A free account adds profiles, favourites and recommendations. |
| NPO Plus | NPO’s subscription tier, set beside the free options in NPO’s own comparison. | No advertising, and up to a year of catch-up on NPO programmes, foreign series, documentaries and films included. The free options are not ad-free. |
| KIJK | Talpa’s on-demand platform for SBS6, NET5, Veronica and SBS9. | KIJK’s FAQ: free for everyone, no subscription, and every programme watchable without an account. Ads are the trade-off; how long a title stays online varies. |
| Samsung TV Plus | Free live and on-demand channels from Samsung, here since 20 April 2021, when it opened with 20 channels. | On Samsung smart TVs released since 2016, and Galaxy phones and tablets on Android 8.0 or later. The Dutch FAQ says a Samsung account is not needed; a footnote on the same page says it is. Ads may be shown. |
| LG Channels | LG’s free service: hundreds of live channels, and on-demand ones too. | Built into LG smart TVs released from 2016, and LG webOS monitors. No subscription or set-top box, LG says; a footnote adds that its network services need an LG Account. |
That is two kinds of free. NPO Start and KIJK put Dutch television online, public and commercial. Samsung TV Plus and LG Channels resemble Tubi’s live side more closely: themed channels delivered over the internet to the television, no aerial or box required. Not one of them carries Tubi’s American catalogue, and none needs USip.
Pluto TV, another free American service with ads, is not an alternative here either: USip’s Pluto TV guide for the Netherlands found on 6 October 2026 that it has no Dutch service.
Catalogues and line-ups move. The rows above are a reading taken on 11 October 2026, and NPO, Talpa, Samsung and LG change channels, titles and sign-in rules on their own timetable. Check the service on the day you want to watch.
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Why Tubi skips the Netherlands
Why there is no Tubi in the Netherlands
Tubi has published nothing about the Netherlands as such that we could find. The table collects what can be shown, each finding with its origin: Tubi’s list, Apple’s store, the 2018 EU exit and how Tubi licenses its films and series.
| What we checked | What we found | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Tubi’s list of places outside the U.S. | Canada, Australia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, five Latin American countries and the United Kingdom. Not a single EU member, so not the Netherlands. | Tubi Help Center, read 11 October 2026 |
| Apple’s Dutch App Store | When we looked on 11 October 2026, the Tubi app was not in the Dutch App Store. Apple did list it in the U.S., UK, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Mexican and Puerto Rican stores. | USip’s lookup on Apple’s App Store, 11 October 2026 |
| Tubi and the European Union | Tubi became unavailable in the EU in 2018, when the GDPR privacy rules took effect. Tubi itself has made no statement about it that we found. | Cord Busters (2 December 2023, updated 2 July 2024); Presse-citron, citing Variety (15 July 2024) |
| A Dutch launch | No announcement found. As Tubi returned to the UK in July 2024, Presse-citron reported that other European launches would not follow straight away. | Web search, 11 October 2026; Presse-citron, 15 July 2024 |
| How titles are licensed | Per territory. On 26 August 2026 Tubi announced deals with NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures “across Australia, Canada and the U.K.” covering more than 450 library titles. | Tubi press release, 26 August 2026 |
| Tubi UK and Tubi in the U.S. | Tubi UK opened in July 2024 with over 20,000 titles and had over 75,000 by July 2026; Tubi puts its library at nearly 400,000. Separate collections. | Tubi press releases of 2 July 2024, 22 July 2026 and 23 September 2026 |
In short: Tubi left the EU in 2018 as the GDPR came in, and the only European country it has gone back to is the United Kingdom. Because it licenses by territory, each country gets its own collection, which is why the UK has over 75,000 titles against the nearly 400,000 Tubi gives for its library.
Dutch services draw the same line from the other side. KIJK’s FAQ warns that “Een groot deel van de inhoud op KIJK is niet toegankelijk vanuit het buitenland”: much of KIJK cannot be watched from abroad. On both sides of the Atlantic, where a service plays is that service’s decision.
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Tubi in October 2026
Tubi’s American service, in six dated facts
Tubi’s help pages and press releases describe the U.S. service plainly. What follows is what counts for someone in Leiden, Arnhem or Zwolle, with each source dated.
Guest viewing
No account needed to watch
Asked whether a newcomer must set up several accounts, Tubi replies: “No. You can still continue watching as a guest or register a single Tubi Account.” A first look from the Netherlands needs no sign-up.
Accounts and age
Local age rules apply
For those who register, Tubi says: “Tubi Accounts are for individuals who meet local age requirements, such as 13 or older in the United States.” Kids Mode works without signing in, the same article adds.
Owner
Part of Fox since 2020
Fox Corporation announced on 17 March 2020 that it would acquire Tubi, a San Francisco company founded in 2014. Tubi’s releases now describe it as part of Tubi Media Group, a division of Fox.
6 August 2026
110 million monthly users
Tubi reported 110 million monthly active users, 14% more than a year before, and over 375,000 movies and TV episodes, including more than 400 Tubi Originals. Nielsen gave it 2.3% of all U.S. TV viewing in April 2026.
Live
Channels and the NFL Channel
In October 2022 Tubi counted over 200 live sports, entertainment and news channels, a figure now four years old. On 23 September 2026 it called the NFL Channel “the NFL's 24/7 free, always-on channel” and put the library at nearly 400,000 titles.
That September release also says Tubi will stream FOX Sports’ Dallas Cowboys vs Philadelphia Eagles game on Thanksgiving, Thursday 26 November 2026, at 4:30 p.m. ET. It does not say whether the game can be watched outside the U.S., and this page does not suggest that it can. Large live events have carried conditions before: for Super Bowl LIX on 9 February 2025, Tubi’s help centre said the game was live only and needed a free Tubi account.
So, from the Netherlands: nothing to register in advance, ads to expect, and an American catalogue that is not Tubi UK’s.
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Europe/Amsterdam against America/New_York
U.S. prime time in Amsterdam, from October 2026 to March 2027
On-demand films and episodes start the moment you press play. Tubi’s live channels and events keep U.S. time, and New York usually runs six hours behind Amsterdam. For three weeks between October 2026 and March 2027 the gap is five hours, because Europe and America change their clocks on different Sundays.
| Eastern time (New York) | Amsterdam, usual weeks | Amsterdam, 25–31 October 2026 and 14–27 March 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| 12 noon | 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 6 p.m. | 00:00 | 23:00 the same evening |
| 8 p.m., start of U.S. prime time | 02:00 next morning | 01:00 next morning |
| 11 p.m. | 05:00 next morning | 04:00 next morning |
| Thanksgiving game, 4:30 p.m. on Thursday 26 November 2026 | 22:30 that Thursday | Does not apply: both sides are on winter time by then |
Sunday 25 October 2026
The Netherlands leaves summer time at 03:00. The U.S. waits a week, so on seven evenings every American hour reaches Amsterdam an hour early: 8 p.m. Eastern is 01:00.
Sunday 1 November 2026
America turns its clocks back too. The six-hour difference returns that evening and lasts until mid-March.
14 to 27 March 2027
In spring the U.S. goes first, on 14 March; Dutch clocks follow on 28 March. For those fourteen days 8 p.m. Eastern lands at 01:00 again.
Thanksgiving night
The Cowboys–Eagles game is due at 4:30 p.m. ET, 22:30 in Amsterdam, on Thursday 26 November 2026. Tubi’s release does not say whether it can be seen outside the U.S.
A Dutch evening
Dinner time in Utrecht, 19:00, is 13:00 in New York in a usual week, so live Tubi channels are showing American lunchtime programming.
On demand
The library has no timetable. The clock only matters for live channels and live events.
Calculated on 11 October 2026 in Python (zoneinfo, IANA tz data 2026c) for the Europe/Amsterdam and America/New_York zones.
KPN, VodafoneZiggo, Odido, DELTA
What a Dutch connection shows Tubi
Fibre, cable, DSL or a phone’s 5G: whichever way you connect in the Netherlands, the public address websites see is Dutch. It is Tubi’s first clue to your whereabouts, and changing provider does not change that.
| Line | Largest providers, per ACM | What reaches Tubi |
|---|---|---|
| Home internet: fibre, cable or DSL | KPN and VodafoneZiggo, 35–40% of the broadband market each (third quarter of 2025); Odido and DELTA Fiber are among the other providers | A Dutch IPv4 address, possibly joined by a Dutch IPv6 one |
| Phone data (4G, 5G) | KPN and Odido lead with 25–30% each (first quarter of 2026), and Odido handles 50–55% of mobile data | A Dutch mobile address, including on a laptop tethered to the phone |
| Office, campus or hotel Wi-Fi | The organisation running it | A Dutch address, and some of these networks stop OpenVPN Connect from connecting at all |
| Station and café hotspots | Whoever operates the hotspot | A Dutch address on a shared network, which, as the NCSC notes, can see your traffic |
Speed rarely decides anything. In the first quarter of 2026, ACM found 91.6% of Dutch households with at least 100 Mbps, and a little over 9 million fibre connections, of which 3.68 million were in use. The address on the line, not its speed, is what places you in the Netherlands.
IPv6 deserves a look of its own. A Dutch home line can hand a laptop both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address, and if the U.S. connection carries the IPv4 traffic alone, the IPv6 one may still reveal to a website that you are a KPN, Ziggo or Odido customer. That is why step 1 of the check reads both.
ACM reports market shares in bands, not exact figures. The most recent Telecommonitor we could find on 11 October 2026 covers January to March 2026 and came out on 7 July 2026; its summary gives the mobile leaders but no broadband bands, so those come from the July-to-September 2025 edition, released on 18 December 2025.
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Four kinds of address
From your own line to a residential U.S. IP: what Tubi receives
Many tools will put “United States” on an address checker. What separates them is the type of address Tubi actually gets, so compare that first.
| Option | Address Tubi gets | Good for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your Dutch line | One registered to KPN, VodafoneZiggo, Odido, DELTA or your mobile operator | NPO Start, KIJK, LG Channels and Samsung TV Plus | The Netherlands is missing from Tubi’s list |
| Free VPN apps | A server address used by crowds of strangers at the same moment | Little you can learn from | What Tubi makes of such traffic is up to Tubi |
| Data-centre VPN | One from a hosting company’s block, not a household | Privacy on public Wi-Fi | A data-centre address is easy for a service to recognise |
| USip residential U.S. IP | A single consumer address from an American internet provider | A guest check on tubitv.com whose outcome you can read | Tubi can still refuse it |
What USip’s address alters
- The public address Tubi sees: an American home connection where your Dutch one was
- How a refusal reads: with a single variable changed, a location message points at that address
- Which devices it reaches: laptops and phones through OpenVPN Connect, the TV or router through Smart DNS
An address, in other words, and nothing beyond it.
What stays out of reach
- Tubi’s answer to any connection, USip’s among them
- Where in America the address sits, which USip assigns for you
- The Dutch App Store, which lacks the Tubi app, and what Dutch TV stores offer
- Tubi’s library, its advertising and whether a live event is shown abroad
Tubi, Apple, Google and the TV makers decide these; no connection setting touches them.
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One laptop, about ten minutes, no account
A four-step Tubi check from a Dutch laptop
Because Tubi lets guests watch, this check needs no sign-up, which keeps it clean: the outcome can only concern the connection. A Windows PC or a Mac will do; phones and the television come later.
Connect, then compare the two address lines
Bring USip up in OpenVPN Connect (setup in the Windows guide or the Mac guide) and visit an IP address checker. Its IPv4 line should name a U.S. provider. Check IPv6 too: an IPv6 address from KPN, Ziggo, Odido, DELTA or a Dutch mobile network means your own line is still showing, so sort that out first.
Open tubitv.com in a fresh private window
Private browsing starts without the cookies your Dutch sessions left behind. Close other streaming tabs and stay signed out of everything, Tubi included.
Play one free title as a guest
Start any film or episode and let it run for about a minute, ads included. Tubi says you can carry on “watching as a guest”, so no account is involved and only the connection is being judged.
Read the result and stop
If the title plays on, the address was accepted for now. If an error or a location message appears instead, write its words down as shown, reconnect USip once and try a single time more. Should the same message come back, pass the wording to USip support; further retries teach you nothing new.
Today’s result is no promise for next week. Which connections to accept stays Tubi’s choice, and it can turn any of them away, ours as well. USip lists its own dated entries on a separate page, USip’s published checks, which this guide does not quote or sum up.
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A laptop before a phone, a phone before a television
Tubi on Windows, macOS, Android and iPhone from the Netherlands
USip recorded these four videos in November 2022, and Tubi’s screens have changed since. The USip steps in them still hold: OpenVPN Connect, the USip profile, connect. The two phone videos go further and move the store country to the U.S.; that part is out of date, so leave it out.
Windows
Windows: tubitv.com in the browser, as in the video
After connecting, the Windows video simply opens tubitv.com in a browser, and that remains the shortest route from a Dutch laptop: no store, no account, nothing saved on a television. Bring the USip profile into OpenVPN Connect, connect, confirm the addresses, then open a private window.
Skip a work laptop that runs its employer’s VPN: with two tunnels at once you cannot be sure which one Tubi saw. A personal machine gives a clean answer. Tubi’s pages in the recording have been redesigned since 2022.
Step by step: the Windows setup guide.
macOS
macOS: the browser again, with two settings checked
Stay in the browser on a Mac, as the video does. iCloud Private Relay, if you use it, sends Safari through Apple’s own relays, so pause it while you check. A Ziggo, KPN or Odido line may also give the Mac an IPv6 address, so look at that line on the checker before judging anything. Tubi’s screens in the 2022 video are out of date.
Step by step: the Mac setup guide.
Android
Android: use the connection steps, skip the Play Store switch
Use the Android video up to the point where OpenVPN Connect is installed and the profile imported, and stop before it changes the phone’s Google Play country. Google Play Help is explicit: “To set up a new country or region, you must be in that location”. It adds that you “must wait at least 90 days” before switching again. Google Play was not part of our store lookup, so the Dutch Play Store gets no verdict from us either way.
Begin with tubitv.com in Chrome. On mobile data, Android’s battery saving can shut a background connection, so let OpenVPN Connect run unrestricted.
Step by step: the Android setup guide.
iPhone and iPad
iPhone and iPad: no Tubi app in the Dutch App Store
From the iPhone video, keep only the USip part; its App Store switch is out of date. When we looked on 11 October 2026, the Tubi app was not in the Dutch App Store, and the store goes by your Apple Account’s country, not your connection. Apple sets the conditions for changing that country on its own support page, listed in our sources. Start in Safari with tubitv.com.
Step by step: the iOS setup guide.
OpenVPN Connect does not run on televisions, streaming sticks or games consoles, so USip serves those through Smart DNS. The order matters: register the public IP address of your home with USip, then type the DNS details into the TV’s own network menu, or set them once on the router for everything in the house. Should KPN, Ziggo, Odido or DELTA later change that public address, register the changed one.
Smart DNS changes what Tubi sees from the television; it cannot add the Tubi app to a TV whose store lacks it, and we could not confirm what the Dutch Samsung, LG or other TV stores offer. All four videos date from November 2022: Tubi’s screens have moved on, and the phone videos’ store-country steps no longer apply.
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Separate services: these prices are for the USip residential U.S. IP service only. Tubi is a separate service, free with ads; a Tubi account and access to any particular channel, series or film are not part of a USip plan.
Phones, tablets and televisions
Apple, Google and Dutch TV stores: where the Tubi app stands
Which apps a phone or television may install is set by the country on the account behind its store, not by your connection. Here is what we could, and could not, pin down on 11 October 2026.
App Store
Missing from the Dutch store
When we looked on 11 October 2026, the Tubi app was not in the Dutch App Store. USip looked up “Tubi: Movies & Live TV” from Tubi, Inc in 32 App Store countries that day: it was listed in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Puerto Rico, and absent from the other 25, Belgium and Germany among them.
Apple Account
A country change covers the whole account
Switching an Apple Account’s country is governed by Apple’s own conditions, which concern the entire account rather than one app. Read Apple’s page in full before deciding anything.
Google Play
Not checked store by store
Our lookup covered Apple only, so the Dutch Play Store gets no verdict from us. Google’s own rule: a new Play country can only be set while you are in it, and the next change must wait at least 90 days.
Browser
tubitv.com involves no store
A laptop browser needs neither an app store nor an account country, which is why the check above starts there and why phones and televisions follow.
U.S. televisions
The platforms Tubi names for the U.S.
Tubi’s U.S. device list includes Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Samsung, LG, Vizio, Hisense, PlayStation and Xbox. It describes American support, not the Dutch stores.
Dutch televisions
Local TV stores not confirmed
Whether the Dutch app stores on Samsung, LG or other televisions offer Tubi is something we could not confirm. A Samsung set from 2016 or later already has Samsung TV Plus, and an LG set has LG Channels.
You will not find invented U.S. addresses, borrowed ZIP codes or unofficial app stores recommended here. If a store or a sign-up page asks for American details that are not yours, stop there.
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Dutch law, stated carefully
VPN software, blocking orders and Dutch law
Two questions come up: is tunnel software allowed in the Netherlands, and how do court-ordered blocks of pirate sites fit in? Here is what official sources say, what we could not find, and the point where this guide stops.
NCSC
The state’s security centre treats a VPN as protection
The NCSC, which falls under the Ministry of Justice and Security, describes a VPN as a way to set up “een beveiligde verbinding” (a secured connection) between two devices, with the traffic encrypted so others cannot read or change it. It warns that a café’s or hotel’s network can see your traffic.
Our search
No Dutch ban on VPN software that we could find
We looked for a Dutch rule that outlaws VPN software in itself and found none. Separate rules govern what people watch, download or share online, whatever the connection; this guide does not go into them.
Blocking orders
Courts can order pirate sites blocked
On 2 June 2020 the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ordered Ziggo and XS4ALL to block The Pirate Bay’s IP addresses and domain names, in a case brought by the anti-piracy foundation BREIN over copyright infringement. Under an agreement that providers and rights holders signed in October 2021, a block ordered against one provider is followed by the others taking part.
Tubi
A licensed service, with decisions of its own
Those orders target copyright infringement. Tubi is a free, licensed American service, so they do not concern it. Tubi’s own choices are another matter: it decides which connections to accept and may refuse any, USip’s included.
None of this is legal advice; we are not lawyers. If anything depends on the answer, for instance at work or under a contract, put the question to a qualified Dutch adviser.
Questions Dutch readers ask
Tubi in the Netherlands — FAQ
Each answer stands alone. They draw on Tubi’s, NPO’s, KIJK’s, Apple’s and Google’s pages, ACM’s figures and the NCSC, read on 11 October 2026 unless dated otherwise.
Is Tubi available in the Netherlands?
No. Tubi’s own list of places outside the U.S. names Canada, Australia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands is not on it. When we looked on 11 October 2026, the Tubi app was not in the Dutch App Store either. What exists is Tubi’s American service, free with ads; Dutch services such as NPO Start and KIJK need no U.S. address.
Did Tubi ever work in the Netherlands?
Tubi became unavailable across the European Union in 2018, when the GDPR privacy rules took effect, according to Cord Busters and to Presse-citron citing Variety; we found no statement from Tubi itself. In Europe, Tubi has since returned only to the United Kingdom, in July 2024, and we found no announcement of a Dutch launch. We could not establish what Tubi offered Dutch viewers before 2018.
Why isn’t the Tubi app in the Dutch App Store?
Tubi has not said why. What we can show is Apple’s side: on 11 October 2026 “Tubi: Movies & Live TV” was listed in the U.S., UK, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Mexican and Puerto Rican stores, and not in the Dutch one. Stores follow the country of your Apple Account rather than your connection, so a U.S. address leaves the Dutch App Store as it is. Apple’s own conditions govern account-country changes.
Is Tubi free?
In the U.S., yes, with ads: “Tubi is free, but it’s supported by advertising.” Free is not the same as available everywhere, though, and the Netherlands is missing from Tubi’s list of places outside the U.S. USip’s residential U.S. IP is a separate product with plans of its own; Tubi stays free either way.
Do I need a Tubi account to watch?
No. To the question whether newcomers must set up multiple accounts, Tubi answers: “No. You can still continue watching as a guest or register a single Tubi Account.” Accounts are for people who meet local age rules, such as 13 or older in the U.S., and Kids Mode works without signing in. From the Netherlands, stay a guest for a first look: with no account in play, the outcome reflects the connection alone.
Can I watch Tubi in the Netherlands with a residential US IP?
Perhaps, but no one can promise it. With USip, Tubi is shown a single household address from an American internet provider rather than your KPN, Ziggo or Odido one. Whether that address is accepted remains Tubi’s call, and USip’s connection can be refused like anyone’s. The fair test is one free title, as a guest, in a laptop browser; let Tubi’s screen give the answer.
Does USip include a Tubi account?
No. USip’s plans cover a connection and nothing else: one residential U.S. IP address, set up through OpenVPN Connect on laptops and phones, or Smart DNS on a television. Tubi accounts, its library, its ads and any live events belong to Tubi, a free and separate service that may refuse USip’s address as it may any other.
Is Tubi UK the same as Tubi in the U.S.?
No. Tubi UK launched in July 2024 with over 20,000 titles and, by Tubi’s release of 22 July 2026, has “tripled its content offering to over 75,000 movies and TV episodes”. Tubi put its library at nearly 400,000 titles in September 2026. Tubi licenses titles territory by territory, so the two collections differ. Neither is offered in the Netherlands.
Can I watch Tubi on my TV in the Netherlands?
Start with a laptop, not the television. OpenVPN Connect does not run on a TV, stick or console, so there USip relies on Smart DNS: your home’s public IP address is registered with USip, and the DNS details go into the device or, once, into the router. Smart DNS does not install the Tubi app, and we could not confirm whether Dutch Samsung, LG or other TV stores carry it.
What time is U.S. prime time in the Netherlands?
Deep in the night. 8 p.m. in New York is 02:00 the next morning in Amsterdam for most of the year. During the weeks of 25–31 October 2026 and 14–27 March 2027, with the clocks changed on one side of the Atlantic only, it is 01:00. Tubi’s on-demand films and series have no start time, so this matters only for live channels and events.
Can I watch the Thanksgiving NFL game on Tubi from the Netherlands?
Nothing we have read says you can. Tubi’s release of 23 September 2026 announces FOX Sports’ Dallas Cowboys vs Philadelphia Eagles game on Thursday 26 November 2026 at 4:30 p.m. ET, 22:30 in Amsterdam, but does not say whether it can be watched outside the U.S. When Tubi carried Super Bowl LIX in February 2025, a free account was required, so check Tubi’s own pages nearer the day.
Is it legal to use a VPN in the Netherlands?
We are not aware of any Dutch law that forbids VPN software as such. The National Cyber Security Centre explains a VPN as a secured, encrypted connection that keeps a café’s or hotel’s network from reading your traffic. Dutch courts do order providers to block pirate sites, but those orders concern copyright infringement. Take this as general information, not legal advice, and consult a qualified Dutch adviser if something rides on it.
What can I watch free in the Netherlands instead of Tubi?
Plenty, with no U.S. address involved. NPO Start has NPO 1, 2 and 3 live and NPO programmes to watch back, usually for at least a week, with or without an account. KIJK offers SBS6, NET5, Veronica and SBS9 programmes free with ads and without an account. Samsung TV Plus and LG Channels add free channels on those brands’ smart TVs. Checked 11 October 2026.
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Where to go next
Seven more Tubi country guides, plus the hub
Tubi’s list and the U.S. service are covered for all countries on the hub. Closest to the Dutch case are Ireland, Denmark and Sweden, three further EU members that lost Tubi in 2018. Norway and Switzerland are outside the EU; there we could not confirm whether Tubi was ever offered.
Tubi in seven other countries
Sources, first-party first
The pages behind this guide
All read on 11 October 2026 unless dated otherwise; Dutch-language pages are marked. Tubi’s U.S. device list, Samsung’s and LG’s Dutch pages, ACM’s third-quarter 2025 report, BREIN’s note on the 2021 blocking agreement, Presse-citron and Fox’s 2020 announcement are named where they are used.
Supported devices outside of the US (Tubi Help Center)Multiple accounts and Tubi Kids (Tubi Help Center)Tubi reaches 110 million monthly active users, 6 August 2026 (Tubi)Tubi goes all-in on NFL football fandom this Thanksgiving, 23 September 2026 (Tubi)Tubi’s multi-territory licensing deals with NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures, 26 August 2026 (Tubi)Tubi expands the UK’s largest collection of free movies and TV episodes, 22 July 2026 (Tubi)NPO Start: watching free, with or without an account, and NPO Plus (NPO, in Dutch)Veelgestelde vragen: free viewing, accounts and watching abroad (KIJK, in Dutch)Mobiele markt ziet lichte daling — ACM Telecommonitor for Q1 2026, 7 July 2026 (ACM, in Dutch)Wat is een VPN? (National Cyber Security Centre, in Dutch)Ziggo and XS4ALL must block The Pirate Bay, 2 June 2020 (Amsterdam Court of Appeal, in Dutch)Change your Apple Account country or region (Apple Support)How to change your Google Play country (Google Play Help)Tubi’s free streaming service is returning to the UK, 2 December 2023, updated 2 July 2024 (Cord Busters)
Dutch services first, then one Tubi title on a laptop
For free television, the Netherlands already has plenty: NPO Start for the public channels, KIJK for Talpa’s, Samsung TV Plus or LG Channels on the television. None of them asks anything of USip, and for most readers they are the honest first answer.
If Tubi’s American library is the goal, spend ten minutes on one laptop: USip connected, both address lines read, tubitv.com in a private window, one free title as a guest. Should an error or a location message appear, copy its wording, make one more attempt, then pass the words to USip support.
USip supplies the residential U.S. IP connection only. Tubi is free and separate, and its library, its ads and its answer to any connection are Tubi’s own.