Amazon signs up Top Gear Show trio

amazonAmazon has won the race to sign the departing presenters of BBC’s Top Gear show, as online groups continue to encroach on the terrain of traditional broadcasters by securing major deals to produce original content. The world’s largest online retailer said it had signed a deal with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to present a new television series that will premiere in 2016.

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