Jeremy Clarkson suspended by BBC...

[Adrian W]

If Amazon really paid £160million for this, Danny Cohen has to be sacked, if he's right or wrong I would just fire him, even if he sued me it would have been peanuts in comparison.

[Welshbeef]

Adrian W said:

If Amazon really paid £160million for this, Danny Cohen has to be sacked, if he's right or wrong I would just fire him, even if he sued me it would have been peanuts in comparison.

£5m for 3 years or £160m for 3 years....

No wonder JC and his crew simply couldn't give a toss when contracts not renewed.

[Randy Winkman]

And I thought it was only on the BBC that people were "overpaid".

[98elise]

SPS said:

Oh working for Amazon - you know the ones that pay all that tax
Who the hell watches that?
I would rather watch 5th Gear - at least the cars get a look in instead of three middle aged (well one of em is oldish) pissing around and laughing at each others jokes.

What tax are they not paying? Do you mean corporation tax, ie a tax on company profits. Amazon is not a very profitable company, especially given its turnover.

[Tycho]

jmorgan said:

Wonder what the format will be......

Probably H264.


I'll get me coat...

[Welshbeef]

Randy Winkman said:

And I thought it was only on the BBC that people were "overpaid".

Well one is 63m population the other is up to 7 billion...

[Cheese Mechanic]

Business Insider, quoting the FT

http://uk.businessinsider.com/jeremy-clarkson-and-...

Feck! $250 million over 3 years. Serious money or what! Assume that includes production costs.

Meanwhile on the PC dinosaur BBC , we are forced to pay for professional bores like Claire Balding if we have the cheek to watch Freeview or etc.

The world's changing , its not waiting for the BBC to catch up.

[jmorgan]

Tycho said:

jmorgan said:

Wonder what the format will be......

Probably H264.


I'll get me coat...

Wonder how many picked up on that.......

[Snozzwangler]

98elise said:

SPS said:

Oh working for Amazon - you know the ones that pay all that tax
Who the hell watches that?
I would rather watch 5th Gear - at least the cars get a look in instead of three middle aged (well one of em is oldish) pissing around and laughing at each others jokes.

What tax are they not paying? Do you mean corporation tax, ie a tax on company profits. Amazon is not a very profitable company, especially given its turnover.

SPS, getting all angry without the facts.

Chillax babes

[Vincefox]

Brilliant, brilliant news.

They've escaped to a much better managed, better paid and better funded position, free from interference and petty minded fkwits.

[Cheese Mechanic]

Very interesting article here :

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/amazon%E2%80%...

Taken from a DT article. Bang on the nail from what I can make of things.

[Scuffers]

jmorgan said:

Tycho said:

jmorgan said:

Wonder what the format will be......

Probably H264.


I'll get me coat...

Wonder how many picked up on that.......

not many, although I would expect them to use H265 (4K please!)

[Welshbeef]

98elise said:

What tax are they not paying? Do you mean corporation tax, ie a tax on company profits. Amazon is not a very profitable company, especially given its turnover.

Actually global profits of Amazon are shockingly bad/low. Tesco make more on a tiny fraction of the revenue yet Amazon are the sweethearts of the Dow Jones.

[technodup]

Welshbeef said:

technodup said:

I'll not be sjgnung up for prime but I'll still watch it. Theres not much tv I consider worth paying for, and Top Gear isn't an exception.

How will you still watch it as its subscription only now - or will you be leveraging someone else who has paid so you don't have to...

The same way I watch Suits, Sopranos, US Office and anything else half decent.

[Scuffers]

Welshbeef said:

98elise said:

What tax are they not paying? Do you mean corporation tax, ie a tax on company profits. Amazon is not a very profitable company, especially given its turnover.

Actually global profits of Amazon are shockingly bad/low. Tesco make more on a tiny fraction of the revenue yet Amazon are the sweethearts of the Dow Jones.

I think this has to be seen as a much more long term thing...

remember what all the city people said about Murdock pouring millions into Sky TV and how it would never make a profit?

[Vincefox]

Cheese Mechanic said:

Very interesting article here :

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/amazon%E2%80%...

Taken from a DT article. Bang on the nail from what I can make of things.

Yep, spot on.

[Snozzwangler]

Scuffers said:

Welshbeef said:

98elise said:

What tax are they not paying? Do you mean corporation tax, ie a tax on company profits. Amazon is not a very profitable company, especially given its turnover.

Actually global profits of Amazon are shockingly bad/low. Tesco make more on a tiny fraction of the revenue yet Amazon are the sweethearts of the Dow Jones.

I think this has to be seen as a much more long term thing...

remember what all the city people said about Murdock pouring millions into Sky TV and how it would never make a profit?

Yup, the platform & infrastructure Amazon have established and built upon will be killer.

How many firms can match it?

[illmonkey]

Welshbeef said:

Randy Winkman said:

And I thought it was only on the BBC that people were "overpaid".

Well one is 63m population the other is up to 7 billion...

No, they sold TG around the world. So still par on par.

[Snozzwangler]

illmonkey said:

Welshbeef said:

Randy Winkman said:

And I thought it was only on the BBC that people were "overpaid".

Well one is 63m population the other is up to 7 billion...

No, they sold TG around the world. So still par on par.

Not with equal coverage/accessibility.

[98elise]

Snozzwangler said:

Scuffers said:

Welshbeef said:

98elise said:

What tax are they not paying? Do you mean corporation tax, ie a tax on company profits. Amazon is not a very profitable company, especially given its turnover.

Actually global profits of Amazon are shockingly bad/low. Tesco make more on a tiny fraction of the revenue yet Amazon are the sweethearts of the Dow Jones.

I think this has to be seen as a much more long term thing...

remember what all the city people said about Murdock pouring millions into Sky TV and how it would never make a profit?

Yup, the platform & infrastructure Amazon have established and built upon will be killer.

How many firms can match it?

Agreed, but in the mean time people with very little understanding of buisness/tax point at the turnover and wonder why they are not paying much corporation. Its a bit like moaning that somone on low pay is avoiding income tax