Thread: 'The Grand Tour'..

Anyone tried to play the video I first posted in post 1... You no longer can.. Amazon got a hold of it and removed it!!!

Originally Posted by Sitec

Anyone tried to play the video I first posted in post 1... You no longer can.. Amazon got a hold of it and removed it!!!

It would appear that they've got rid of all of the other full clips of Episode 1 that were on Youtube as well. There was at least a dozen or so yesterday - none this morning.

From what I've read, Amazon is shooting itself in the foot at least as far as a potential Australian audience is concerned. We will be able to sign up for an Amazon Prime account in December and can watch The Grand Tour legally. What they don't tell you is that many (some reports say "most") of their other shows are geoblocked and cannot be viewed in Australia. So - my understanding is that you can fork out their subscription cost - to effectively watch one program a week for as long as the season lasts. If you want to watch other programs on Amazon that your subscription would normally cover, and those programs are geoblocked - stiff ****.

Hopefully what I've read is wrong (or my understanding of it is incorrect) - but if not, they won't be getting my money. There are other ways to watch a program if you really want to see it.

Originally Posted by BMKal

What they don't tell you is that many (some reports say "most") of their other shows are geoblocked and cannot be viewed in Australia. So - my understanding is that you can fork out their subscription cost - to effectively watch one program a week for as long as the season lasts. If you want to watch other programs on Amazon that your subscription would normally cover, and those programs are geoblocked - stiff ****.

This is the issue I face with Motor Trend On Demand- likened to the 'netflix' for car guys. Something I'd definitely consider in addition to the netflix subscription I have.
The MTOD content is great, covering all motorsport and heaps of original series, but most live stuff is blocked to licensing restrictions due to deals with AU based media.

I'd jump at watching Grand tour on a pay per view arrangement, but it doesn't take long for a few '$13 per month' subscriptions to be underutilized or get out of hand.

Sounds like another example of the reasons why so many Australians are into piracy of shows they are blocked from getting legally.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Sounds like another example of the reasons why so many Australians are into piracy of shows they are blocked from getting legally.

That's exactly what i was getting at!

Or couldn't be bothered trying to watch ?

It's on usenet. 4.5gb so need decent connection to download.

Just watched it. I thought it was pretty good and I will continue to watch it. I have watched 2 episodes of the new top gear and will not continue to watch that