Amazon Challenges Netflix by Taking Video Service Global
- Online retailer now seeks global rights to TV shows, movies
- “The Grand Tour” to be available worldwide starting next month
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Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to take its video streaming service worldwide in a challenge to Netflix Inc., the world’s largest paid online TV network.
Amazon, which currently offers the service in only a handful of countries, announced the plans Thursday in a blog post about “The Grand Tour,” a lavish new reality show featuring the former stars of BBC’s popular “Top Gear.”