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Ready for the rematch of Bellew vs Haye? Over a year after the original epic fight where Bellew caused a major upset by knocking out Haye in the the 11th round, it’s time for the rematch. This is one you’re not going to want to miss – and you can finally live stream it tonight!

Originally scheduled for December 2017, the date was pushed back after Haye sustained an injury. It was postponed until May 5 and now both the fighters will take to the O2 Arena in London today to see who wins.

Bellew vs Haye 2 – when and where

What date is it? The fight is set for Saturday May 5 – yep, tonight’s the big night

What time is it? You can expect the ring walk to begin just before or around 10PM BST / 5PM ET / 2PM PT / 2:30AM IST / GST 1AM / SGT 5AM.

Where is it? The O2 Arena in London – otherwise known as the Millennium Dome

If you can’t be there in London tonight, it’s likely you’ll be wanting to see this must-watch rematch but it’s not always clear how to do so. We’ve put together this guide to show you the best ways you can stream it online when the heavyweight bout begins.

Here we’re pointing you toward all of the legal pay per view streams in the main English speaking countries and show you how to tune into an international broadcast if you’re not lucky enough to have one to watch in your region.

If that’s the case, you can use a VPN to stream Bellew vs Haye 2 for free, and then cancel that service within a month so you don’t have to pay –  we’ve got more about that down below.

Live stream Bellew vs Haye 2 with a VPN
Below we’ve listed all of the best places to live stream the Bellew vs Haye 2 fight online. If there is no official broadcast option in your country, you’ll need to use a VPN to dial in to a country that does have one. A VPN is perfect for this as it allows you to change your IP address so you appear to be in a completely different location. We’ve tested hundreds of VPNs and can recommend these as the best three VPNs currently available:

1. Express VPN (comes with a 30 day money back guarantee)
This is the #1 rated best VPN in the world right now. You can watch on many devices at once including Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets etc. Check out Express VPN

2. NordVPN: SmartPlay tech makes NordVPN a great choice for streaming.

3. VyprVPN: blazing speeds make VyprVPN a great choice for 4K video

How watch Bellew vs Haye 2 fight: UK stream

In the UK you can watch through Sky Box Office at a price of £24.95. That’s the cheapest PPV stream of the Bellew vs Haye 2 fight around the world as it works out at around $35.

How to watch Bellew vs Haye 2: US stream

AWE is the exclusive place to the watch the fight in the US
You may not know the network AWE, and it’s the only place you’ll be able to watch the Bellew vs Haye 2 fight in the US. It’s available on some TV providers, but the channel doesn’t have a streaming option so you’ll need to look at this channel list to know if you have access to it through your cable or satellite provider.

If you don’t have AWE, you may want to use a VPN to get the stream from another country. That will let you watch the fight with relatively little hassle.

How to watch Bellew vs Haye 2: Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland stream

This is currently the only way to watch the Bellew vs Haye 2 fight for free

The best method for Canada, Austria, Germany and Switzerland to stream Bellew vs Haye 2
DAZN is a streaming service available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and in all these countries it has secured streaming rights for the Bellew vs Haye rematch. It’s the exclusive place to watch it in Germany and Austria, while those in Switzerland do have some other options.

You can watch for free as DAZN offers a 30 day money back option. You’ll have to sign up for the service but if you don’t like it you can get your money back within a month of you signing up. Now, if you’re not in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, you could in theory use a VPN to dial in to, say, Germany, and also get this free option. Your main hurdle will be that you will need a credit card registered in one of the participating countries in order to sign up.

If you want to try this option from the US or UK we’d recommend doing it via ExpressVPN.

How to watch Bellew vs Haye 2: Autralia stream

The fight is being shown exclusively on Fox Sports 506 Event in Australia
You’ll need to have access to Fox Sports 506 to be able to watch the fight in Australia where coverage will start at 3AM AEST. Assuming you don’t want to get up that early for the undercard, set your alarm for just before 7AM to see Bellew and Haye go again.

If you don’t have access to Foxtel channel, you can grab a free 2-week trial here, otherwise your best bet is to combine a VPN with one of the streams above.

Main image courtesy of sky.com

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It’s Derby day! The ‘Run for the Roses’ is back at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, with fan-favorites and European upstarts all eyeing that Derby win. This year marks the 144th annual Kentucky Derby, widely known as the most bet-upon horse racing event in the calendar.

But betting is no fun unless you’re watching along (or, to be fair, winning, and we’re going to tell you how you can live stream all of this year’s action, wherever you are in the world.

Kentucky Derby – where and when?

Beaming in from the Churchill Downs race course in Kentucky, the Derby is going to be shown on NBC if you live in the US. 

The main event kicks off Saturday May 5 at 6:46pm ET (15:46pm PT, 23:46pm BST) with a post time a little over ten minutes before that. Coverage does start at 2:30pm ET (11:30am PT, 19:30 BST) on the Saturday if you don’t want to miss a single second of the action. 

Morning line favorite Justify, fresh from its Santa Anita Derby win will undoubtedly be drawing a large crowd and big bets; the Bob Baffert-trained beauty is running on odds of 3-1. Given that the last five editions of the Derby have been won by the favorite, all eyes are on Justice. 

Coming up right behind him is Mendelssohn at 5-1, hoping to be the first horse trained in Europe to ever win the Kentucky Derby, and take home the lion’s share of that $2 million prize purse.

Whoever wins, there’s sure to be a large crowd in attendance, with estimated crowds of over 100,000 people making their way to Louisville, Kentucky to the infamous Churchill Downs. 

If you don’t fancy braving the crowds, standing out in the changeable weather, or even if you’re not in the country, fear not, because here you’ll find out how to watch the Derby from anywhere in the world. 

How to watch the Kentucky Derby 2018: US live stream 

If you live in the US, you’ll be wanting to tune in to NBC where there’s coverage of the whole event, including Saturday’s prep, red carpet, and then the Derby itself.

If you prefer to watch the race on your computer or laptop, remember that the whole event will be streamed live online at nbcsports.com/live starting at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT on Saturday May 5.

For those on the go, NBC will stream this year’s Derby on mobile via the official NBC app. It’s worth noting that with both of these options you will have to sign in using your cable provider’s information for full access.

If you’ve got a cable subsription but happen to not be in the US when the Derby takes place, the best way to get access to your feed is by using a VPN. Below you’ll find all the information on how to download and use a VPN to watch the race.

1. Download and install a VPN
If you don’t have easy access to watch the 2018 Kentucky Derby in your country, the best way to watch it is to download and install a VPN. We’ve tested all of the major VPN services and we rate ExpressVPN as the absolute best. It’s compatible with all of your devices, supports most streaming services and ranks amongst the fastest. You can even install it on devices like an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation. So for a one-stop shop, you can’t go wrong with Express – but there are more fantastic VPN options out there as well:

The best 3 VPNs for streaming sports online
1. ExpressVPN:  the best all-round VPN for streaming, comes with 30-day trial
2. NordVPN: SmartPlay tech makes NordVPN a great choice for streaming
3. VyprVPN: blazing speeds make VyprVPN a great choice for 4K video

2. Connect to the appropriate server location
Simply open the VPN app, hit ‘choose location’ and select the appropriate location – it’s super easy to do. Choose US to stream the 2018 Kentucky Derby on NBC using the link below.

3. Go to nbcsports.com/live

This year’s Run for the Roses will be streamed right on NBC’s website and with a VPN you can watch it live from anywhere in the world – just so long as you have those crucial log in details.

How to watch in the US without cable

If you don’t have a cable subscription, fear not, because there are other options that will allow you to watch NBC without having to subscribe to it. To make the entire process simple for you, we’ve listed three of our favorite options below:

  • DIRECTV NOW $50 per month – DIRECTV NOW gives users all the channels needed to watch the racing and loads of other sporting events. Use DIRECTV NOW’s 7-day trial will let you test out the platform.
  • Sling TV $40 per month – Sling TV is an inexpensive way to watch sport. Sling TV is compatible with Apple TV, Roku, Xbox One, Chromecast as well as lots of other devices and its easy to get started with a 7-day free trial
  • fuboTV $19.99 for the first month – fuboTV has a low introductory price though after that the price goes up to $44.99 a month and includes 70 channels. There’s a 7-day trial available so you can test out its functionality for yourself.

How to watch the Kentucky Derby 2018: Canada live stream

If you’re wanting to tune in to the Kentucky Derby 2018 from Canada, you’ll want to head over to TSN. For the Derby on Saturday you’ll want TSN 1 at 4pm.

Much like your American counterparts, TSN offers a desktop viewing experience at TSN.ca, and through the official TSN app. Again, like your neighbors to the south, you’ll need a subscription in order to watch this way.

How to watch the Kentucky Derby 2018: UK live stream

If you’re in the UK and fancy a flutter on the US version of the Derby, then you can watch with a Sky TV (or Virgin Media) subscription. You don’t need to upgrade to a Sports package to enjoy the action, as it’s on the At The Races channel, which is available to all Sky TV subscribers.

If you’re a despairing non-Sky user who just wants to watch the racing without the hassle and cost of a full subscription, you can subscribe to the At The Races Player instead. It costs £9.99 per month, and let’s you access the action on phone and tablet via its apps as well.

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What do many TVs, batteries, computer monitors, and printer ink cartridges all have in common? They’re made in China, of course. 

They could all also cost about a quarter more if the talked-up trade war between the US and China becomes reality. 

However, unpick what’s happening, and why, and a Pandora’s box opens that reveals just how much this is not only about trade, but about domination of future tech like AI, autonomous cars and 5G.

The Trump administration doesn’t think China properly protects intellectual property or sufficiently opens its markets to US companies. 

It also happens to have a massive trade deficit with China, with Americans importing vastly more goods from China than it exports. 

Which is why it proposes putting 25 percent tariffs on imports of TVs and over a thousand other product categories from China, ostensibly to help create a level playing field. 

Those tariffs equate to about US$150 billion in total. The trouble is, the cost could end up simply being passed straight back to anyone in the US that wants to buy Chinese-made electronics.

Chinese-made TVs could be about to jump in price for buyers in the US Credit: Jamie Carter

Chinese-made TVs could be about to jump in price for buyers in the US Credit: Jamie Carter

(Image: © Jamie Carter)

How expensive could they get?

Chinese-made electronics could become as much as 23% pricier for US shoppers, according to a report from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) – which stages the CES in Las Vegas each January – and the National Retail Federation (NRF). 

A TV made in China that costs $250 today would cost $308 after the tariffs are applied, it says, while one that costs $500 today would cost $615. “These proposed tariffs are bad for the economy, businesses and American consumers,” says Gary Shapiro, CEO and president, CTA.

“For TVs, just one of the 1,300 products on the administration’s list, American pocketbooks will suffer.” The US imported 23 million TVs from China in 2017, according to Sigmaintell.

Skyworth, TCL and Hisense together account for a fifth of TVs Credit: Jamie Carter

Skyworth, TCL and Hisense together account for a fifth of TVs Credit: Jamie Carter

(Image: © Jamie Carter)

Does this mean all TVs?

That 23% price increase applies only to TVs imported from China. “The top three Chinese brands (TCL, Hisense & Skyworth) combined accounted for more than 20% of worldwide shipments during 2017, and manufactured many more sets for other brands too,” says James Manning Smith, Research Analyst at Futuresource Consulting

China is currently experiencing a boom in TV-making factories, and it seems inevitable that China will pretty soon dominate TV production. 

“The likelihood of this policy proposal becoming law is still in the balance, but the impact on consumers would be considerable,” says Manning Smith, suggesting that the average price of a TV in the US could jump from $450 to $500.

However, there are always loopholes. “Companies such as TCL, which has grown rapidly in the last 24 months in the US and now finds itself competing closely with LG, has manufacturing facilities all over the world,” says Manning Smith. 

“It would be likely that they would be able to pivot production of sets destined for the US to countries unaffected by the tariff.” Both TCL and Hisense have assembly plants in Mexico.

Chinese telecoms and handset-maker ZTE just got a ‘denial order’ 

Chinese telecoms and handset-maker ZTE just got a ‘denial order’ 

(Image: © ZTE)

Smartphones & cyber-espionage

The US is very suspicious of Chinese telecom-equipment makers, and the end result is that Americans can’t buy a Huawei P20 Pro, and soon, the ZTE Axon 7. Why? National security. 

“Cyber espionage has been a recurring theme shaping American technology and internet related policy for some time,” says Manning Smith. 

That’s why Huawei got dumped by AT&T in January, and it’s also why the Trump administration last week slapped a ‘denial order’ on ZTE, banning it from importing US components. Now the UK is nervous

“With ZTE reliant on components, IP and software sourced from American companies, the restrictions effectively inhibit ZTE from producing and selling further devices,” says Manning Smith. 

ZTE suggests that the decision, if implemented, could bankrupt it. “The Denial Order will not only severely impact the survival and development of ZTE, but will also cause damages to all partners of ZTE including a large number of US companies,” said a spokesperson.

It all goes to show just how reliant US and Chinese tech companies are on each other. ZTE may have been the third or fourth largest smartphone-seller in the US in 2017 – and 60% of the world’s smartphones are sold by Chinese owned companies – but without one thing from US companies, the business doesn’t work. That thing is the microchip.

Key to understanding the dispute is microchips.

Key to understanding the dispute is microchips.

Cheap as microchips

Tariffs aside, the US is mostly concerned with protecting its microchip business, which is considered critical to future tech markets. 

Although China might be the global headquarters of electronics, it doesn’t dominate the really advanced tech – semiconductors – which produce the processors and chips at the heart of all phones, tablets, and smart devices. 

China’s high-tech sector hugely relies on overseas chipmakers. Taiwan’s MediaTek and Taiwan Semiconductor, and South Korea’s Samsung Semiconductors and Hynix, are all major players, as are US companies Intel and Qualcomm (in March a Presidential Order prevented a proposed takeover of Qualcomm by Broadcomm on national security grounds). 

With the future of AI, autonomous cars and the rollout of 5G at stake, this is a politically sensitive industry.

Although Chinese companies do make chips, such as Huawei, RockChip and Foxconn, the industry is a work in progress that the country’s ‘Made in China 2025’ is trying to address. 

Its aim is to have 70% of microchips produced by Chinese companies by 2025. And that means buying up technology from around the world.

“Chinese companies want to create semiconductors inside China, rather than import from the States, but they know that the only way to do that in the next few years is using intellectual property,” says David Harold, VP Communications, Imagination Technologies, whose technology enables the creation of chips. 

He says that right now about 25-30% of Imagination’s new licenses are coming from China, but that US semiconductors are not irreplaceable in Chinese assembled systems. 

“In the immediate term, there are plenty of semiconductors available for TV and mobile from Taiwan, or automotive from Japan and Israel,” he says.

Qualcomm makes the Snapdragon chips in premium Android phones

Qualcomm makes the Snapdragon chips in premium Android phones

Is the global tech market history?

“Long-term, I think the expansion of the Chinese chip industry is likely to be good for world electronics consumers,” says Harold. “Though not necessarily in the USA.”

While it’s calculated to punish China, banning the likes of Huawei and ZTE could force them to more quickly advance their chip-making businesses.

However, Dr Joe Zammit-Lucia of think tank Radix and co-author of Backlash: Saving Globalisation from Itself is not convinced that a decrease in global supply chains will push up prices for tech goods. “Prices are determined primarily by what people are willing to pay, not by the cost of manufacturing,” he says. 

Others think that the global tech industry’s sheer complexity makes it difficult to predict the consequences of any single policy. 

“These companies and technologies are so internationally intertwined it is difficult to separate the layers and understand the potential impact on the worldwide market,” says Manning Smith. 

“It is certain that should a 25% US-China trade levy be enforced there will be a worldwide effect on the cost of consumer electronics.”

The tech industry is globalisation writ large, and it’s probably staying that way, but one thing’s for sure: no trade dispute has been this fascinating since the opening sequence of The Phantom Menace.

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