For those of you that like UK TV, and are in the Mac/iTunes/AppleTV ecosystem.
This http://tom-tech.com/iplayer_automator/iPlayer_Automator/Get_iPlayer_Automator.html
Makes it so simple, even Mac Users can use it (plus beef it up with additional info from here http://www.xroxy.com/proxy-country-GB.htm )
The BBC iPlayer (ipad / android/ desktop ) works great with VPN's which may be your only option for now as
"Although US availability was also anticipated in 2011, an American launch date has yet to be announced as of the end of 2012. Reports from the summer of 2012 claim that American cable providers threatened to dropBBC America if the iPlayer, which duplicates much of the content on the cable channel, was made available in the US market. In a statement on the difficulties facing the US rollout, BBC’s Head of Communications for Global iPlayer Tessa Matchett said “The United States is a very complex media market. Currently, we have one very successful cable channel in BBC America, and we’re looking into what options we have to roll out additional platforms in that country.”[138]
In addition to BT there is also usenet
Things like http://predb.me/?cats=tv make getting it easy from both sources