Winter arrived on Indian screens somewhere in the middle of summer this year. The seventh season of the much-hyped fantasy series Game of Thrones (GOT) premiered on HBO in July. Die-hard fans made plans to block spoilers on their social networking sites, until they had access to torrents or other dubious sources (GOT remains one of the most pirated shows). Except, they didn’t have to.
For the very first time, GOT was made available in all its uncensored glory to Indian audience’s minutes after its US telecast, courtesy online streaming app Hotstar. Hotstar also created a audible buzz around this
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