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With seemingly everyone obsessing over the latest television shows, one brewer is cashing in with its cross-branded lines. With its range of Game of Thrones branded beers, US brewery Ommegang's partnership with HBO is bucking trends in a stagnating beer market - and seeing growing success.

Political drama House of Cards premiered in February 2013, exclusively through Netflix. The streaming giant's first purpose-made series, it reflects the growing power of digital channels and points towards new kinds of viewing behaviour.

Over 254,000 people in the UK and US torrented the Season 4 finale of Game of Thrones in just one hour. To tackle this behaviour, HBO launched HBO Go, letting people access the channel cheaply on their phone or tablet. But will it really stop people streaming illegally?