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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday November 22 2016, @04:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the one-stream-to-rule-them-all dept.

Amazon.com looks like it is about to wade deeper into competition with Netflix, by making at least one of its new self-produced programs available for viewing around the world.

At about the 45-second mark of the video below, James May of new "Amazon Original" The Grand Tour says "In December we will be launching the show globally which means you will be able to watch ... in over 200 countries around the world."

The Grand Tour retains most of the talent from the BBC's global hit Top Gear and has become Amazon's flagship as it seeks to create a global entertainment business. But at the time of writing, Amazon's video service only operates in a handful of countries.

Announcing that The Grand Tour is ready to roll through 200 nations suggests that Amazon has made the necessary investments to offer streamed video around the world. And even though Amazon.com is rather close to a provider of the necessary infrastructure - sibling Amazon Web Services - it is hard to imagine it would go to all the trouble of global rollout just so that customers can enjoy Clarkson & Co.

There can be only one.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @06:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @06:23PM (#431387)

    So I watched the new show. It was a fairly typical episode of theirs. However, it was clear they have a huge gap in their time lineup. Apparently the 'stars' part of their episode was a huge part of what they did. So we ended up with 2 very cringy staged things in the middle. Also the 'bet' they made. It was clear once he said it what was going to happen. They already knocked down the house a month or two ago. Though the ferrari thing was amusing. What a useless car. 'the american' thing was a bit over the top and the joke fell flat. The studio bits were the weak bits. For the next season they probably should just ditch the tent. It sounds like a good idea but if it does not match the rest of the episode there is no reason for the tent. They could save themselves time and money and get a studio. At the end I thought 'amazon over paid for this'.

    Still look forward to more episodes of these dudes goofing off.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @08:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @08:19PM (#431455)

    The first episode was really bad, compared to the same trio in Top Gear. Hopefully they polish the show as they progress through the season. Speaking of Top Gear, they may as well cancel it as the new cast just don't work. They're just beating a dead horse trying to fill the shoes of the ones that made it a hit.