More Than a Million in Germany Watch 'Sons of Anarchy' VOD Premiere

4:23 AM PST 1/31/2012 by Scott Roxborough

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COLOGNE, Germany - Sons of Anarchy has torn up new ground in the German TV business with FX's Golden Globe-winning biker series drawing more than a million VOD views on its premiere in the territory.

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The pilot season one episode of Sons debuted Jan. 19 on VOD platform MyVideo. The show is streamed for free, with online advertising.

A new episode was put up every day and the entire first season is now available - in German and English - for MyVideo users.

The series is one of the first ever to debut on VOD in Germany before moving to free-to-air TV. MyVideo parent company, the broadcast giant ProSiebenSat.1, plans to put Sons of Anarchy on air later this year.