On 21st February 2018, the Brit Awards will be held at London’s O2 Arena. The 38th annual awards celebrate the best of British pop music, and this year will be hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall. There will be live performances from big name acts like Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, the Foo Fighters, Justin Timberlake, Sam Smith, and Stormzy, and there will be awards given out for categories like best British Album of the Year, best British Male Solo Artist, best British Female Solo Artist, best British Group, and Critic’s Choice Award.

The Brit Awards are infamous for wild shenanigans as well as musical memories, with a history of hilarious celebrity drama like Jarvis Cocker mooning at Michael Jackson, Geri Halliwell accidentally flashing the audience, and Madonna falling over in the middle of a performance. Of all this makes the Brits a fixture of the pop culture year that everyone loves to watch.

If you’re planning to watch the Brit Awards, you might notice that it can be a pain to watch from outside of the UK. So we’re here today with our guide for both British and international viewers on how to watch the Brit Awards on Kodi and through online streaming.

Stream The Brit Awards Online

This year the Brit Awards will be shown on television on the British television channel ITV, and if you’re based in the UK, then you can easily stream the awards through ITV’s website. You just need to go to the website at http://www.itv.com/news/topic/brit-awards/ and on the night of the awards you’ll be able to stream a video of the event.
If you live outside the UK, however, you won’t be able to stream from the ITV website. In this case, the best thing to do is to use a VPN to connect to a server in the UK. This will make it look to websites as if you are located in the UK and you can then watch UK-only content like ITV or BBC iPlayer. See below for more information on using a VPN and recommended VPN providers.

There is another possible option for watching the Brit Awards online. Last year, the whole show was streamed on YouTube, and it’s expected that this will be possible once again this year. To watch on YouTube, just head over to the Brits’ official YouTube page at http://youtube.com/brits. If the live stream is available, you’ll be able to watch along in high quality like any other YouTube video.

How To Use A VPN To Watch The Brit Awards

If you live outside the UK but want to watch the awards on the ITV website, it’s easy if you have a VPN. A VPN works by encrypting all of the data that your machine sends over the internet, then sending this encrypted data to a server located somewhere else in the world. At this server, the data is decrypted and sent on its way to its original destination. Not only does this encryption improve your security, but it can also be used to watch region locked content.
When you use a VPN to connect to a server in the UK, all of your traffic will be routed via that server. This means that you can watch region-locked content like the live video on the ITV website. So to watch the Brit Awards from anywhere in the world, just use a VPN to connect to a server in the UK, then head to the ITV site to watch and enjoy.

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Watch The Brit Awards On Kodi

An alternative way to watch the Brit Awards is through add-ons for the Kodi media centre software. Here at Addictive Tips we love the open source Kodi software, which can be modified through the installation of add-ons to perform all sorts of functions – including streaming live TV channels. We’ll show you three add-ons that you can use to watch the ITV channel live, so that you can use these to tune in on the 21st February and watch the awards ceremony in real time.

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Once you have a VPN in place to protect you while using Kodi add-ons, we’ll move on to instructions for installing and using add-ons to watch the Brit Awards on ITV:

1. How To Install ITV Live Add-on For Kodi

There is a dedicated add-on for Kodi which you can use to stream ITV, called ITV Live. If you just want to tune in to the Brit Awards and you’re not interested in watching other British TV channels, then this is a quick and easy way to stream the channel. This method does require you to have a UK IP address, so if you are trying to watch from outside the UK then look at the section above on using a VPN to watch content from anywhere.
We’re going to install the add-on from the Noobs and Nerds repository, but unfortunately that repository has just been taken down by its hoster. However, the good news is that the repository is still available through GitHub. So you just have to download a zip file to your machine and you can install the repository from there. Here’s how to do that:

  1. Go to https://github.com/noobsandnerds/noobsandnerds/tree/master/zips/repository.noobsandnerds
  2. Find the latest version of the repository: in this case it’s repository.noobsandnerds-2.3.5.zip
  3. Click on the link to the repository page
  4. Click download on the right hand side and save the .zip file to your desktop
  5. Now open up Kodi on your home page
  6. Click Add-ons
  7. Click on the icon that looks like an open box
  8. Click on Install from zip file
  9. Navigate through the folders to find your desktop
  10. Click on the file repository.noobsandnerds-2.3.5.zip

  11. Wait for the notification to appear saying the repository is installed
  12. Now go to Install from repository
  13. Go to noobsandnerds Repository
  14. Go to Video add-ons
  15. Click on ITV

  16. Choose install from menu at the bottom
  17. Wait a second for the notification that the add-on has been installed

And here’s how to use the ITV add-on:

  1. Start at your Kodi home screen
  2. Go to Add-ons
  3. Go to Video add-ons
  4. Find ITV and click it
  5. Click on Live

  6. Click on ITV1
  7. Now the stream of the channel will begin

2. How To Install The UK Turk Playlists Add-On For Kodi


An alternative way that you can watch ITV through Kodi is with the excellent UK Turk Playlists add-on. This add-on started off as a way to watch British and Turkish content through Kodi, but has since bloomed into a full-featured streaming add-on with thousands of channels and shows for you to watch. If you stream a lot of content, especially British shows, and you want a way to watch both live channels and on demand content, then this add-on is ideal for you. Here’s how to install the UK Turk Playlists add-on:

  1. Begin on your Kodi home screen
  2. Find the settings icon that looks like a cog and click it, then go to File Manager
  3. Click on Add source
  4. Click where it says <None>
  5. Type in the following URL: http://ift.tt/2EbuQz0 Be careful to including the http:// or it won’t work correctly
  6. Name the source something memorable, like ukturk
  7. Click OK
  8. Go back to your home screen
  9. Click on Add-ons
  10. Click on the icon that looks like an open box
  11. Click on Install from zip file
  12. Click on ukturk, then on repository.ukturk-1.0.7.zip
  13. Wait for a moment, then you will see a popup notification once the source is installed
  14. Click on Install from repository
  15. Click on UKTurk Addon Repository
  16. Click on Video add-ons
  17. Scroll down to UK Turk Playlists and click on it
  18. A screen opens that has details of the add-on. Click Install from the menu at the bottom
  19. Wait for a moment, and you’ll see one more notification that the add-on has been installed

And here’s how to use the UK Turk Playlists add-on to watch ITV:

  1. Start at your Kodi home screen
  2. Go to Add-ons
  3. Go to Video add-ons
  4. Find UK Turk Playlists and click it
  5. Click on Live TV

  6. Click on ITV1

  7. Choose Worldwid [sic] to try to find a stream which will play from anywhere in the world. If this doesn’t work, set your VPN to connect to a server in the UK and click on one of the UK only options
  8. Now the stream of the channel will begin

3. How To Install The cCloud TV Add-On For Kodi


Finally, there’s a fantastic add-on for streaming live TV channels from all over the world called cCloud TV. If you want to get rid of your television and move to streaming everything through your computer, but you still want to watch live events like awards shows, sports, and news, then this add-on is a must for you. It can stream hundreds of live TV channels including British channels like ITV, so you can use it to watch the Brit Awards. Here are instructions for installing the add-on:

  1. Begin on your Kodi home screen
  2. Click on the settings icon, then go to File Manager
  3. Click on Add source
  4. Click on the box where it says <None>
  5. Enter in this URL: http://kod1help.com/kod1/ Make sure to type it exactly as written, including the http://, or it won’t work
  6. Give the source a name. We’ll call it kod1
  7. Click OK
  8. Go back to your home screen
  9. Click on Add-ons
  10. Click on the icon that looks like an open box
  11. Click on Install from zip file
  12. Click on kod1, then on 1. KODI VIDEO ADD-ONS/, then on plugin.video.ccloudtv-1.5.6.zip

  13. Wait for a moment – this can take a while, so be patient – and you’ll see a notification once the add-on has been installed

With the cCloud add-on installed you can start watching ITV live:

  1. Begin on your Kodi home screen
  2. Go to Add-ons
  3. Go to Video add-ons
  4. Click on cCloud TV
  5. Go to Search and enter in ITV in the input box
  6. Find a channel that says ITV and click on it
  7. Wait for a second and the stream will begin

Conclusion

If you love pop music, British culture, or celebrity drama, then you won’t want to miss the Brit Awards this year. With live musical performances, awards, and the always tantalising possibility of seeing stars misbehave, this is one of those events that are worth watching even if only for the water cooler conversations. We’ve shown you a few different ways to watch the Brit Awards, from streaming online through the ITV website or watching on YouTube, to watching on Kodi via the ITV, UK Turk Playlists, and cCloud TV add-ons. Some of these methods will require you to be based in the UK or to have a VPN connected to the UK, but others, like YouTube or the UK Turk Playlists and cCloud add-ons, can be used from anywhere in the world.
Are you planning to watch the Brits this year? Which method are you going to use? Let us know about it in the comments below.

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