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HBO and Telekom bring the Iron Throne to Budapest together
Budapest, March 25, 2014 17:00
Today the campaign of the fourth season of series the Battle of Thrones – debuting in Hungary on April 7 – was launched, welcoming movie fans with numerous surprises, including games, cultic objects and Iron Throne. The fourth season of the world famous series can be followed on channels HBO and HBO GO. HBO GO is exclusively available in Hungary at Telekom.
On April 7 the latest season of one of the most popular series will be launched on HBO: one day after the US premiere, simultaneously with the international premiere the fourth season of the Battle of Thrones will be launched in Hungary.
This time HBO and Telekom will jointly work on the campaign of the series about the battle between seven kingdoms for the Iron Throne: for a whole week the city will be crowded with cultic objects of the series. Fans can search for messenger ravens in Budapest, can participate at the Battle of Fans, and sit on the Iron Throne – while the luckiest ones can view the first episode of the long awaited series.
The joint game of HBO and Telekom, the Battle of Fans will start on March 25 on Facebook, where the biggest Battle of Thrones fans can put themselves to test. In seven days they need to answer seven questions to qualify for the draw, the luckiest ones will win tickets for the pre-premiere movie show, while numerous Battle of Thrones cultic objects will also be raffled out.
The Hunt for Ravens starts on March 27. Messenger ravens will be placed at 15 Budapest locations. Fans are expected to find as many hidden ravens as possible and upload their photos on Instagram.
Possibly the largest element of the campaign: the most cultic object of the series, the Iron Throne will also arrive in Hungary – between March 27 and 30 anybody can sit on the throne symbolizing reign over the Seven Kingdoms, as the perfect copy of the Iron Throne, made by the experts also working on the original Throne used in the series can be visited for 4 days in Allee shopping center.
Series Battle of Thrones
can be seen on HBO and HBO GO from April 7.
HBO GO is exclusively
available in Hungary within the Telekom TV service, as part of HBO package.