#1TVA look into the lives of descendants of the Cartel life living in Miami as they navigate adulthood and the effects the legacy has had on their upbringing.
Cartel Crew
★ 8.82019
You will not find a standalone VH1 in the US subscription, because the channel never sells one. It started life back in 1985 as Video Hits One, then traded music videos for reality franchises like Love & Hip Hop and Basketball Wives. Today it sits inside the BET Media Group under Paramount Skydance, programming for a largely Black audience, and every international feed has gone dark.
If you live in the US, three routes get you there: a free VH1 FAST channel on Pluto TV, an on-demand library on Paramount+, or a live linear feed through Philo, Sling Orange or Fubo. Travelers and expats hit a wall, since US streaming apps check your IP and refuse a foreign one. Surfshark fixes that by parking your connection on a US server, so the player loads VH1 as if you were back in New York. Picture quality tops out at HD with no region error.
Tested weekly by our team. Green: works, amber: partial, red: blocked.
| VPN Service | Price | VH1 | Tested | Action |
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CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | June 7 | Open |
IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | June 12 | Open |
ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | June 9 | Open |
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VH1 is only available in the United States. To access it from anywhere else, use a premium VPN.
VH1 is blocked in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Canada, in New Zealand and in Ireland, plus in 188 more countries. To access it, use a premium VPN like Surfshark.
VH1 is an American cable network that launched in 1985 as Video Hits One, all music videos. It later swapped clips for reality TV and made its name on franchises like Love & Hip Hop, Basketball Wives and Black Ink Crew. With its overseas feeds closed, it is now a US-only brand with no subscription. VH1 runs free on Pluto TV, its library sits on Paramount+, and the live channel comes via Philo, Sling Orange and Fubo. Abroad it is geo-blocked, so you need a VPN on a US server plus your own American account.
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