Availability Game of Thrones

1 availability

1.1 broadcast
1.2 home video
1.3 copyright infringement
1.4 imax

availability
broadcast

game of thrones broadcast hbo in united states , local subsidiaries or other pay television services in other countries, @ same time in u.s. or weeks (or months) later. series broadcast in china on cctv, begun in 2014, heavily edited remove scenes of sex , violence in accordance chinese practice of censoring western tv series prevent people s daily calls negative effects , hidden security dangers . resulted in viewer complaints incoherence of remained. broadcasters carrying game of thrones include showcase in australia; hbo canada, super Écran , showcase in canada; hbo latin america in latin america; soho , prime in new zealand, , sky atlantic in united kingdom , ireland.

home video

the ten episodes of first season of game of thrones released dvd , blu-ray box set on march 6, 2012. box set includes background , behind-the-scenes material no deleted scenes, since footage shot first season used in show. box set sold on 350,000 copies in first week after release, largest first-week dvd sales ever hbo series, , series set hbo-series record digital-download sales. collector s-edition box set released in november 2012, combining dvd , blu-ray versions of first season first episode of season two. paperweight in shape of dragon egg included in set.

dvd-blu-ray box sets , digital downloads of second season became available on february 19, 2013. first-day sales broke hbo records, 241,000 box sets sold , 355,000 episodes downloaded. third season made available purchase digital download on australian itunes store, parallel u.s. premiere, , released on dvd , blu-ray in region 1 on february 18, 2014. fourth season released on dvd , blu-ray on february 17, 2015, , fifth season on march 15, 2016. sixth season released on blu-ray , dvd on november 15, 2016. beginning in 2016, hbo began issuing steelbook blu-ray sets include both dolby truehd 7.1 , dolby atmos audio options.

copyright infringement

game of thrones has been pirated, outside u.s. according file-sharing news website torrentfreak, game of thrones has been most-pirated tv series each year since 2012. illegal downloads increased 7 million in first quarter of 2015, 45 percent 2014. unnamed episode downloaded 4,280,000 times through public bittorrent trackers in 2012, equal number of broadcast viewers. piracy rates particularly high in australia, , u.s. ambassador australia jeff bleich issued statement condemning australian piracy of series in 2013.

delays in availability apart hbo , affiliates before 2015 , cost of subscriptions these services have been cited causes of series illegal distribution. according torrentfreak, subscription service game of thrones cost $25 per month in united states, £26 per episode in uk , $52 per episode in australia.

for combating piracy , hbo said in 2013 intended make content more available within week of u.s. premiere (including hbo go). in 2015, fifth season simulcast 170 countries , hbo users. on april 11, day before season premiere, screener copies of first 4 episodes of fifth season leaked number of file-sharing websites. within day of leak, files downloaded on 800,000 times; in 1 week illegal downloads reached 32 million, season-five premiere alone ( wars come ) pirated 13 million times. season-five finale ( mother s mercy ) simultaneously shared file in history of bittorrent filesharing protocol, on 250,000 simultaneous sharers , on 1.5 million downloads in 8 hours. sixth season, hbo did not send screeners press, prevent spread of unlicensed copies , possible spoilers.

observers, including series director david petrarca , time warner ceo jeff bewkes, said illegal downloads did not hurt series prospects; benefited buzz , social commentary, , high piracy rate did not translate lost subscriptions. according polygon, hbo s relaxed attitude towards piracy , sharing of login credentials amounted premium-television free-to-play model. @ 2015 oxford union debate, series co-creator david benioff said glad people watched show; illegally downloaded copies of show interested viewers enough buy copy of show, in countries show not televised. co-creator d. b. weiss had mixed feelings, saying show expensive produce , if doesn t make money back, ceases exist . however, pleased many people enjoy show can t wait hands on it. in 2015, guinness world records called game of thrones most-pirated television program.

imax

beginning on january 23, 2015, last 2 episodes of season 4 shown in 205 imax theaters across united states; game of thrones first tv series shown in format. show earned $686,000 @ box office on opening day , $1.5 million during opening weekend; week-long release grossed $1,896,092.