Boxing fans face £1,000 fine for Netflix mistake

If you are watching Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, make sure you are aware of TV licence rules in the UK.

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00:00One of the most talked about and controversial sporting events of the year, the boxing match

00:07between YouTuber turned fighter Jake Paul and long-time retired superstar, former heavyweight

00:15champion Mike, Iron Mike Tyson, who's returned to the ring for the first time in 20 years

00:21nearly, so it was 2005's last fight, so just shy of 20 years since he last had a professional

00:27bout, is taking place this week. So if you're planning to tune in, it's live on Netflix,

00:34but boxing fans are being warned to avoid making this £1,000 mistake because normally

00:41you don't need a TV licence to watch things on Netflix or any streaming service outside

00:46of BBC iPlayer, but if you're watching live events on any streaming service, so you know

00:53if you're watching live World Cup, when it's the football on ITV or England friendlies

00:59on Channel 4 on your streaming services, you do need a TV licence and the same is true

01:05for Paul vs Tyson. Now, the fight takes place at about, well, the live stream starts at

01:111am on Saturday morning, so, 1am on Saturday, November the 16th and obviously not many people

01:21will be staying awake for it, but if you are staying awake for it, do make sure you've

01:24got a TV licence because if you're caught watching it without a TV licence, you could

01:29land yourself with a £1,000 fine if they prosecute it. So yeah, just make sure that

01:36you've double checked if you've got your TV licence before firing up Paul vs Tyson live

01:44on Netflix, only if you're watching it live. Just, yeah. So, double check, make sure you're

01:51safe and, yeah, protect yourself from a big fine which might ruin Christmas. I'm tech

01:57writer Matt Mohn-Hickson and this is, yeah, a guide for avoiding a fine for watching Paul

02:04vs Tyson.