VLC will even open media over http, so one doesn't even have to mirror it locally from the Netherlands (although I do for the kids content, just to provide them a curated selection).
The big killer for newsgroups is indexers. Posts of content to the newsgroups have to be obsfucated to avoid near instant DMCA takedowns, which means that only a handful of indexers are given the 'keys' by the pirate release teams. That centralization makes the indexers a big target, and prevents just starting new ones quickly. To add to that, running an indexer still requires fairly decent hardware, especially with all the automated (*arr) tools that hammer APIs for searching. The ones that are left charge pretty high prices for access, especially considering they could (and have) just shut down without warning after you've paid some large yearly/lifetime fee.
It was beautiful while it lasted.
Make sure to read the docs for minimising database size and traffic volume pending available resources.
[0]:https://bitmagnet.io [1]:https://github.com/bitmagnet-io/bitmagnet