VIDEO : Game of Thrones Return Boosts Subscriptions Worldwide

FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME PRINT COMMENTS The surge in subscriptions caused the service to crash but the season 7 premiere of HBO's hit show nonetheless broke rating records. Game Of Thrones? season 7 premiere broke pay-TV rating records in Australia when it aired Monday and caused a massive uptick in signings to pay TV company Foxtel?s streaming service, executives said Tuesday. But it was a doubled-edged Lannister-style sword for Foxtel with the unprecedented demand for the show from streaming customers causing the system to crash Monday night.