the grand tour

• Amazon’s Head Of Unscripted TV Out After Investigation Into Inappropriate Comments (Report)
• Amazon Video Had 26 Million U.S. Viewers Last Year, Originals Helped Convert 5 Million Prime Subscribers (Report)

  Amazon's original programming has been an especially key driver in this respect, according to the company's calculations. From 2014 to 2017, internal documents state that Amazon attributes Prime Originals to a quarter of total Prime sign-ups.

  
• Amazon Estimated To Spend $4.5 Billion On Video In 2017

  According to analysts at J.P. Morgan, Amazon's spend on video content will reach about $4.5 billion in 2017, close to Netflix's $6 billion.

  
• Amazon Says Media Consumption By Prime Members Doubled In 2016

  Amazon Prime members consumed video, books, and music “at a voracious rate” in 2016 -- more than doubling consumption in 2015.

  
• Amazon Prime Video Extends Reach Beyond Netflix To 200 Countries And Territories
• Amazon Says British Car Series ‘The Grand Tour’ Is Its “Biggest Show Premiere Ever”