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Prequel of famous series ‘Game of Thrones’ to be launched soon
While fans are waiting with bated breath for the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel `House of the Dragon`, they can`t help but wonder what the show has in store for them. And HBO content chief Casey Bloys might have an answer!
As per Variety, Bloys recently spoke about the upcoming series and other ‘GOT’ spinoffs in the works. Bloys told Variety that he has been surprised by the number of people who believe that there are multiple ‘GOT’-related series in active production. For the record, `House of the Dragon`, a prequel that takes place 300 years before the events depicted in ‘GOT’, is the only spinoff that is real so far.
GOT’ author George R.R. Martin is helping to oversee development on at least six other projects, including an animated series. Speaking about the forthcoming prequel series, Bloys said, “House of the Dragon is the only one shooting. All the other ones are in various stages of development. People may think we have 10 series shooting at the moment. There`s one that will be on the air in 2022. We`ll see how the other scripts come along.”`House of the Dragon` is now filming in England, led by showrunner/executive producer Ryan J. Condal and director/executive producer Miguel Sapochnik, a `GOT` alum.
Bloys did not give out any spoilers but he said he likes what he`s seen of the dailies so far.”It looks spectacular. The cast that (Sapochnik) and Ryan have put together looks good,” he said. The prequel series is based on Martin`s novel `Fire and Blood`, a companion to the `Song of Ice and Fire` novels that were the basis for `GOT`.The prequel will follow the Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil war between siblings Aegon II and Rhaenyra, who fought for the throne after the death of their father Viserys I. The Dance of the Dragons pits Westeros` great houses — including the Lannisters and Starks — against each other and resulted in the death of House Targaryen`s most powerful dragons. Soon after the war, they would go extinct until Daenerys Targaryen would give birth to three dragons three centuries later.
‘GOT’ ran for eight seasons from 2011 to 2019 and was created by showrunners and executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The pair were famously protective of the franchise. But they have now handed the keys to the kingdom to the `Dragon` team after signing a USD 200 million production pact with an HBO rival.
Benioff and Weiss “have been entirely hands off” on Dragon. “They’re off working at Netflix,” Bloys said. ‘House of the Dragon’ stars Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Emma D`Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon aka the Sea Snake, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon, Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, and Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole.
The upcoming series ‘House of the Dragon’ will premiere in 2022.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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