Game of Thrones returns to Sky Atlantic on Monday 13 April at 9pm

Friday 9 January 2015

The new, fifth season of Sky Atlantic’s Game of Thrones will premiere on the channel – available exclusively to Sky TV customers and contract free on online TV streaming service NOW TV with the NOW TV Entertainment Month Pass – on Monday 13 April at 9pm, the day after it returns in the US.

Based on the bestselling book series by George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones is an epic drama set in the world of Westeros, where ambitious men and women of both honour and ill-repute live in a land whose summers and winters can last years.

Members of the ensemble cast for the fourth season included Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harington, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. Executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin.

Sky TV and NOW TV customers who have missed – or want to revisit – the series to date can catch up ahead of the arrival of the new, fifth season with Game of Thrones S1-4 TV Box Sets available On Demand with Sky and NOW TV from 1 March.

Sky TV customers will also have exclusive access to the epic world of Westeros and beyond as Sky Atlantic brings Game of Thrones: The Exhibition to Sky Backstage at The O2, London from 9-12 February and 15-17 February 2015.  

For continued updates and details on Game of Thrones, visit www.sky.com/gameofthrones 

For further information, please contact:

Sky Atlantic

Megan MacLeod

megan.macleod@bskyb.com

020 7032 4252

Now TV

Tiffini Winn

Tiffini.winn@bskyb.com

0207 032 2572

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About NOW TV

NOW TV offers hundreds of films from Sky Movies on demand, the best live sporting action from Sky Sports and must-see shows on 13 of the best pay TV channels including Sky 1, Sky Atlantic and Sky Living. Taking advantage of the rapid growth in broadband-connected devices, and building on Sky’s experience in multi-platform TV, the service provides an additional choice to watch and enjoy Sky Movies, Sky Sports and the TV shows everyone’s talking about.

NOW TV offers some of Sky’s most popular programming. The NOW TV Entertainment Month Pass lets customers stream TV shows live and on demand in seconds, without a contract for £6.99 a month. Now people can get simple, instant and commitment-free access to top TV channels such as Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living, Sky Arts, Discovery, MTV, Comedy Central, GOLD, Disney, FOX, Nickelodeon and Nick.Jnr, plus ITV Encore and entire box sets of hit shows.

Sky Movies is the UK’s most popular subscription movies service with up to 800 different movies on demand including up to four new and exclusive Sky Movies premieres each week. With a Sky Movies Month Pass, NOW TV customers can choose from more of the latest and biggest movies you missed at the cinema. The Sky Movies Month Pass is available for £9.99 a month.

NOW TV also offers a flexible way to watch Sky Sports.  With a Sky Sports Day Pass at £6.99 or Sky Sports Week Pass £10.99 (available to purchase via NOWTV.com only) customers can see exclusive live action from the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Formula 1®, Test cricket, US and European Tour golf, ATP tennis, European and international rugby union and much more. 

NOW TV is available to anyone 18 or over in the UK with a broadband or 3G connection across a wide range of connected devices including NOW TV Box, PC, Mac, selected Android smartphones and tablets, iOS devices, PS3, PS4, YouView, Xbox One and Xbox 360 (the Sky Movies live channels, and Entertainment Month Pass are not available on YouView). TalkTalk customers with YouView can purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass. 

The NOW TV Box offers customers a quick and easy way to convert a regular TV into a Smart TV for a one-off box cost of £9.99. NOW TV Box: Connects to TV via HDMI (cable supplied). NOW TV account required to activate box.  Customers can select a Sky Movies Pass, Sky Sports Day Pass or an Entertainment Month Pass to create an account and watch NOW TV.  All Passes sold separately. Some apps on the box (such as Spotify) cost extra.

Month passes renew automatically until cancelled. Sky Sports Passes pricing available for a limited time only and until 2nd March 2015.


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