‘House of the Dragon’ Season Finale Leaks, HBO ‘Disappointed’ and ‘Aggressively Monitoring’ - Variety

The Season 1 finale of “House of the Dragon” was leaked online connected Friday, 2 days earlier the occurrence airs connected HBO and begins streaming connected HBO Max.

It appears that the leak came from a organisation spouse successful Europe, the Middle East oregon Africa, a spokesperson for HBO told Variety.

“We are alert that the tenth occurrence of ‘House of the Dragon’ has been posted connected amerciable torrent sites. It appears to person originated from a organisation spouse successful the EMEA region,” the afloat connection reads. “HBO is aggressively monitoring and pulling these copies from the internet. We’re disappointed that this unlawful enactment has disrupted the viewing acquisition for loyal fans of the show, who volition get to spot a pristine mentation of the occurrence erstwhile it premieres Sunday connected HBO and HBO Max, wherever it volition watercourse exclusively successful 4K.”

While this is seemingly the first-ever leak for “House of the Dragon,” the franchise is nary alien to this issue. “Game of Thrones” often fell unfortunate to piracy, particularly successful the last seasons, erstwhile truthful galore leaks occurred that HBO opted to cease offering beforehand screeners to the press. This inactive didn’t forestall the issue. In Season 8, for example, episodes appeared connected some amerciable sites and connected morganatic platforms specified arsenic DirecTV Now and Amazon Prime Video’s German level up of their scheduled airings.

More to come…