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Game of Thrones The Most Pirated TV Show of the Season

Posted by Soulskill on from the they-must-be-proud dept.

TheGift73 sends this excerpt from TorrentFreak: "With nearly 4 million downloads per episode, the HBO hit series Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV-show of the season. Worldwide hype combined with restricted availability are the key ingredients for the staggering number of unauthorized downloads. How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory complete the top three, albeit with significantly fewer downloads than the chart topper. ... While there are many reasons for people to download TV-shows through BitTorrent, airing delays and HBO's choice not to make it widely available online are two of the top reasons."

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  1. Re:Big shock... by Karzz1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    People are willing to pay HBO the normal cost of HBO ($10-15/month) for the ability to stream HBO.. HBO is not interested.

    *sigh*

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  2. Games not shown OTA by tepples · · Score: 3, Informative

    $900/year is NOT cheaper than buying something that receives OTA HD.

    Last night's NBA semifinal game was not shown OTA. It was shown on ESPN, another network that, like HBO, refuses to sell Internet streaming subscriptions a la carte. WatchESPN.com uses the same sort of verification of cable television subscription that HBO Go uses.

  3. Re:Who should set prices, and why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, to speak for all the so-called free market dick-wavers "the market" . Which has. It appears most people are willing to pay $0, and they can find an agent that will supply at that price point.

  4. Re:Why pirate network TV? by Hatta · · Score: 3, Informative

    But the other two are on network television, and I'm not sure why a person would bother pirating that when there are almost certainly more legitimate ways to access it

    Because I can add it to my RSS feed, have it automatically downloaded to a network share, and access it through my XBMC setup. I don't have to check the schedule for air times. I don't have to be free at the same time as it airs. I don't have to pop open a browser to view it. And I don't have to wade through commercials.

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  5. Re:Who should set prices, and why? by Bert64 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Incidentally, many people in the uk live in residences which do not permit the installation of satellite dishes, and thus CANNOT get sky, and therefore cannot legally watch game of thrones irrespective of how much they are willing to pay.
    There are people in other countries in a similar boat...

    For many people, piracy is the only option available to them at all.

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