This means that the series retains its status as HBO’s most watched series ever, according to media research company Nielsen.
At the end of season 4 last summer, had episodes averaged 19 million viewers, writes The New York Times.
The ratings for the fifth season is expected to rise in the coming days, because it is also available on HBO flow service.
“Game of Thrones” premiered on HBO in spring 2011. To date there scheduled six seasons, and the producers have repeatedly suggested that adventure is definitely over for a seventh season.
Pirates afoot
The series has loyal fans, but also had the dubious designation ” world’s most pirated series. “
Before the premiere of season five Sunday had pirates already downloaded four in ten episodes on the internet.
HBO is furious
HBO have sent warnings to Periscope, pouring app to Twitter, and asked them to remove the leaked episodes, writes the BBC.
Twitter maintains that they have not broken US law. But HBO still believes that the practice is reprehensible.
– We do not want this mass copying and see it as a serious problem, says HBO.
It is David Benioff and Dan Weiss who has created “Game of Thrones,” based on the fantasy series “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George RR Martin.
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