Interactive Game of Thrones content involves HBO Go iPad app

Home Box Office was pushing its "interactive viewing experience" for Game of Thrones over on the HBO Go site, but when you were not sitting in front of a working laptop or computer there has been no approach to participate in the fantasy world fun. Now the premium channel is bringing the commentary tracks, interviews, maps and a great deal of other extra features to the Go iPad app. But, having that content available for season one isn't particularly exciting. What has our little nerd hearts aflutter is that every one of the identical features would be available for season two, starting immediately with the April 1st premier. As you watch, if the seemingly bottomless well of characters and their rival houses trip you up, you possibly can pull up a guide that can assist you separate your Arryns out of your Tullys and Redwynes. For a fast preview take a look at the video and PR after the break.

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ENGAGE AT THE GO TOGETHER WITH GAME OF THRONES® SEASON 2

GROUNDBREAKING INTERACTIVE VIEWING EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO GO® LAUNCHES FOR THE PRIMARY TIME AT THE iPAD®, APRIL 1

Ny, N.Y., March 29, 2012 – On April 1, Game of Thrones fans can have a bet to observe their favorite show like never before when the HBO GO interactive viewing experience becomes available for the 1st time at the HBO GO iPad app. The sport of Thrones interactive elements on HBO GO allow viewers to have interaction with original features created exclusively for the service, by watching full-length episodes of the series alongside an "alert feed" showing never-before-seen bonus content. Previously available only online at HBOGO.com, the interactive viewing experience becomes available at the HBO GO iPad app beginning with the season 2 premiere episode of Game of Thrones on April 1 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, featuring special enhancements designed exclusively for the iPad.

Interactive viewing of Game of Thrones season 2 at the iPad provides an excellent more immersive and exciting experience for audiences, giving them a classy, intuitive option to explore the sector of Westeros. In landscape mode, some taps of the screen enables the "alert feed" which appears slightly below the episode, calling out relevant content timed to express scenes. As users engage with bonus content, the episode above is automatically paused until the user closes the feature and the episode automatically resumes play. Users may also navigate in the course of the feed, scrolling back or forward in time.



Special content within the alert feed includes:

· Cast/crew commentaries with David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin, and more

· Backstage interviews with the solid and crew

· Descriptions of latest characters as they arrive right into a scene

· Info alerts providing back stories on specific scenes and character relationships

· Detailed set photos and concept art from the series design team

· Quotes from series which might be shared through social media

· A map with key locations pinpointed

· A guide to Game of Thrones houses


Interactive features which are exclusive to the experience at the iPad include social functionality–the power to post status updates to Facebook and Twitter directly while watching. Viewers could also favor to watch the series in portrait orientation at the iPad which enables them to browse locations and characters during episode playback. In portrait mode, a navigable map of Westeros and Essos is usually visible below the "alert feed" and a "Guide to Houses" link drives users to view family trees and profiles for all the series characters.

Click the link below for a glimpse of the sport of Thrones interactive viewing experience on HBO GO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch-v=jY9yLqwEt2M

HBO GO could be accessed at HBOGO.com, or via the HBO GO app – now available for download on Apple's iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch® and various smart phones using Google's Android™ operating system in addition to platforms along with Xbox 360, Samsung Smart TV™ and Roku – and is freed from charge to HBO subscribers through participating television providers. Should you haven't experienced the unforgettable fictional world of Westeros, your complete first season of Game of Thrones may also be found on HBO GO. Follow HBO GO on Twitter at: @HBOGO.

According to the preferred book series "A Song of Ice and Fire," by George R.R. Martin, the Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning fantasy series Games of Thrones chronicles an epic struggle for power set in an unlimited and violent fantasy kingdom. A few of the returning members of the ensemble cast are Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emmy® winner Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Lena Headey and equipment Harington. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss executive produce.

Games of Thrones Season 2 premieres Sunday, April 1 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, exclusively on HBO.

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