Games of Thrones final episode most pirated TV show everJune 11, 2013 - 15:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The final episode of the third series of Games of Thrones was the most pirated TV show ever, TorrentFreak says, according to BBC Newsbeat. The blog says the program was shared and downloaded on BitTorrents a million times in 24 hours. It also claims there were more than 170,000 simultaneous peers sharing one file of the episode. The previous record was for the show's series three opener, which was shared by 160,000 people at the same time. Most downloads were made in Australia, followed by the United States, Canada and the UK. It was also the most pirated TV show in 2012. One episode from the second series racked up 4.3m illegal global downloads, according to Torrentfreak. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister, told Newsbeat in March that he thought it was theft. He said: "It's funny because there is a little part of you that goes, 'Yeah. We're the most pirated show.' Then you think, 'That's really bad isn't it?' What you hope is that even though people watch it online, they will still buy the DVD. You can always hope. At the end of the day it's stealing. I know it doesn't feel like it but it is and it's not right." Game of Thrones has already been commissioned for a fourth series in 2014. It's thought it will cover the second half of A Storm of Swords, the third book in George R.R. Martin's series. The final two books in the series have yet to be written. The series tied with Breaking Bad for best drama series at Monday night's Critics' Choice TV Awards. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. |