The premiere date of HBO's medieval fantasy series Game of Thrones was announced with fiery fanfare, as a block of ice was melted live online to reveal the July 16 start of the new season. More than 100,000 people watched the hour-long Facebook Live stream of a block of ice being melted slowly by blasts of fire. The highly anticipated seventh season of Game of Thrones, taglined "The Great War is Here," has been moved to summer from its usual spring air date this year as filming of the show was delayed to capture scenes of winter for the show's fictional realm of Westeros. Emmy-winning Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Game of Thrones is the most-watched show on Time Warner Inc's premium cable network HBO, averaging around 25 million viewers for its sixth season.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 12, 2017 03:08 UTC