diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tvplay.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tvplay.py
index eb9473754..0157392cc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tvplay.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tvplay.py
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ class TVPlayIE(InfoExtractor):
             'http://playapi.mtgx.tv/v1/videos/%s' % video_id, video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
 
         if video['is_geo_blocked']:
-            raise ExtractorError(
-                'This content is not available in your country due to copyright reasons', expected=True)
+            self.report_warning(
+                'This content might not be available in your country due to copyright reasons')
 
         streams = self._download_json(
             'http://playapi.mtgx.tv/v1/videos/stream/%s' % video_id, video_id, 'Downloading streams JSON')