Game of Thrones Season 4’s audience grows to 19 million
Time Warner, parent company to HBO, released their second quarterly earnings report of 2014 today, and along with it came an update to Game of Thrones’ Season 4 viewership numbers.
Season 4’s average gross audience was reported as 18.6 million immediately after the airing of the season finale, but the quarterly earnings report adjusts that number to 19.0 million! This solidifies its stance as HBO’s most watched season of an original series, and marks a nearly 30% increase in viewers over Season 3.
HBO had a great quarter overall, with revenues growing by 17% to $1.4 billion, and operating income increasing by 19% to $548 million. It is being widely reported that Game of Thrones’ popularity and HBO’s strong showing in the quarter boosted Time Warner’s overall numbers by helping to offset some of its losses.
The quarterly report comes on the heels of yesterday’s news that 21st Century Fox withdrew their takeover offer of $80 billion for Time Warner. The offer was rejected by Time Warner in June, and although Fox was determined to bump the bid high enough to garner some interest from Time Warner, Fox’s stock price has declined 11% since the offer became public and will not be pursuing the takeover further. Which means fans of HBO’s programming can breath a collective sigh of relief.
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