Amazon Instant Video for Clarkson, Hammond & May

It was £19 for existing and £7 for new Prime members at launch in March. They offered it for £19 again last month on 'Prime day'.

I can definitely see them doing another promotion to co-incide with this series.

Yep - and for £19 it's good value if you don't have a Smart TV. Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, plus a lot of other apps, and you can sideload Kodi (aka XBMC).

Pretty certain it has the 60Hz issues that other Android solutions have with iPlayer though.

Actually the F55 build up kits aren't half bad, not the same as a dedicated 4K body but it does a decent job when paired with the Canon CN17 lens which is gorgeous and works nicely ENG stylee.. But anyway, I'll be happy if they go 4K which is in my view technically better, unlike 3D which was a gimmick to sell TV sets.

Have heard different stories from people who've had to use the F55 live-kit in situations they would have preferred to use a 2/3" camera... Combination of bad ergonomics and shallow depth of field compared to a normal HDC-2500 style set-up.

AIUI one of the main sticking points for rolling out 4K for Sport production had been the lack of an equivalent 4K system camera. Now solved by the HDC-4300 appearing on the market, along with the Fuji 2/3" 4K lenses (though people hope Canon hurry up and deliver an equivalent...)

A senior executive at Netflix says the streaming service declined to sign up the former presenters of Top Gear because "it wasn't worth the money".
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May left the BBC earlier this year after Clarkson was fired for hitting a producer.
They recently signed a "very, very, very expensive" deal with Amazon Prime.
But rival service Netflix has claimed the presenters "sold themselves for way more money" than they are worth.
"We have past episodes of Top Gear, so we have a pretty good gauge of what audiences like," the company's chief product officer, Neil Hunt, told Digital Spy in an interview.
"Our buying decisions tend to be somewhat data-driven. We have a lot of data to get the deals we want.
"Clearly it wasn't worth the money to make the deal."
Mr Hunt later clarified his comments in a statement, saying: "There is an audience for everything and it is not up to us to judge if Amazon has paid too much or not."

read more here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34167864

He went to say "*cough* mugs! *cough*"

Amazon are in a similar position to BT where people who never watch the content are contributing to the costs. Amazon Prime is yet to really break through as a favoured video service - indeed suspect most of their subscribers are people who've not ticked/unticked the right box and then found themselves subscribed for a year.

I've had two free trials of Prime and everything I've wanted to watch I did within the 30 day period.

If the new show is like other shows on Prime in bulk, people will simply use their once a year trial of the full package of Prime, watch the episodes and then return to Netflix. However I suspect it'll be a pay per episode deal for viewers with discounts for full Prime customers.

Amazon have to make a profit out of them somehow.

I've noticed that Amazon are now offering the full Prime including VoD for £7.99pm in addition to the £79 annual subscription. (Amazon Prime Instant Video only is £5.99pm)

That should ensure more viewers for the new show.

Not generally a huge fan of Clarkson but I must admit, "Demand 5, Netflix... that..." made me laugh.

There a Scottish Version where Demand 5 is replaced with STV player