Official Site Revamp, Videos Block For Non Aussies

The official Neighbours website has been given a small facelift a few months after a big overhaul which was applied to the Australian version of the site.

The changes see new graphics used across the site as well as a tidy of some of the sections to provide simpler navigation for visitors to use.

Other tweaks include a new photo section which offers higher quality episode stills and cast photos. The are also more prominent links to Ten network sites like those for the Biggest Loser and Rove.

One of the most dramatic changes is the revamped video section. Whilst full episodes are now offered online access visitors from outside Australia from viewing them. Attempts to view any video from a non Australian IP address sees a short message displayed which states that the video is not currently available for viewing the the visitors country or region.

This change brings the site into line with other television network sites (for example Hulu which offers the latest episodes of shows like Lost, Scrubs and The Simpsons to US visitors only) who have enforced copyright restrictions to their content as they take tentative steps online to combat the massive rise in illegal episode trading through filesharing.