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The article goes on to note some new international market sales that have been eagerly awaited: TNT Serie will air the show in Germany, while Telenet will broadcast it in Belgium. Showtime in Australia is now fully confirmed, as well. The article adds that deals are in the works for Italian, Japanese, and Russian market sales.
Game of Thrones is coming to CTV.In what it says is the first North American airing of the hit show on network television, CTV announced Thursday it will broadcast Season 1 in August.The 10 episodes will air consecutive Monday to Friday evenings beginning Aug. 8 at 10 p.m.The episodes will air unedited with reduced commercial time, CTV says, which is significant because of the series’ graphic content, including nudity, sexuality and plenty of violence.“Game of Thrones has never been more popular and now it’s time to make Season 1 available to every Canadian viewer,” Mike Cosentino, senior vice-president of programming for CTV Networks, said in a news release.The series, which is based on George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels, just finished its sixth season on HBO. It averaged more than 1.5 million viewers an episode on HBO Canada, making it the most watched season of a show on Canadian entertainment specialty and pay TV, CTV says.In Season 1, viewers get acquainted with members of the Stark, Lannister and Targaryen families, including Ned Stark (Sean Bean), Cersei and Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Lena Headey), Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).Subsequent seasons are available on demand via TMN GO.
TORONTO, July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - CTV unveiled today the centrepiece of its Summer 2016 programming strategy, announcing in a network first, plans to air HBO's GAME OF THRONES Season 1 in a 10-episode programming marathon this August. The broadcast on CTV marks the first time the worldwide phenomenon has aired on network television in North America. The most-watched series in HBO Canada history makes its broadcast debut on CTV and the CTV GO app beginning Monday, August 8 at 10 p.m. in all markets. Each weeknight for 10 straight episodes, the season unfolds until its chilling season finale on Friday, August 19 (see schedule below). The announcement, made by CTV in partnership with HBO Canada, which is the exclusive home of GAME OF THRONES in Canada, confirmed all 10 episodes are set to air intact, unedited, and with reduced commercial time to further enhance the viewer experience. "Bringing our biggest show ever to CTV's massive audience is also a fantastic opportunity to showcase both the series and HBO Canada," said Tracey Pearce, Senior Vice-President, Specialty and Pay. "We're excited to engage Canadians who will discover the series for the first time and to let them know that all episodes and seasons of current HBO programming is available to subscribers on-demand, 24/7, via TMN GO."