KODI GAME OF THRONES LEAK TV
“Importantly, a negative shift in viewership was found, evidenced both by a drop in the viewership of GoT and by a decline in the viewership of TV shows that share an audience with GoT,” Hardy writes in the paper. This revealed that other series, similar to Game of Thrones, were negatively impacted too, compared to a control group. Ratings, viewership and predicted viewership.įor his research, Hardy used an extensive dataset of US TV-viewership of a variety of shows over time, as well as related Google search data. They then kept using these for subsequent episodes. The reasoning behind this effect is that the leaks introduced some people to these unauthorized sources for the first time. “The general conclusion is that the leak provided a strong incentive for some of the viewers to look for unauthorized sources for TV shows and that, in consequence, some of them started watching TV shows through unauthorised channels in general,” Hardy tells TorrentFreak. This led to a decrease in expected viewers for Game of Thrones, but also for comparable TV-shows. The findings show that the pre-release leaks triggered more people to pirate, and not just the four leaked episodes. And not just on Game of Thrones.Ī new working paper published by economy researcher Wojciech Hardy of the Institute for Structural Research and the University of Warsaw carefully dissected the aftermath. While that was not immediately apparent after the official premiere, new research suggests that they had a significant impact. HBO was understandably upset and feared that the leaks would hurt their bottom line.
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