Give Me The Remote: The story of Popcorn Time and the state of digital video in the Netflix era

Kevin Spacey offers counsel at the Edinburgh Television Festival: “We can make no assumptions about what viewers want or how they want to experience things. We must observe, adapt, and try new things to discover appetites we didn't know were there. The more we try new things, the more we will learn about our viewership, the more doors will open both creatively and from a business perspective” (The Telegraph).

Give Me The Remote is a look into digital distribution of video with Popcorn Time as the centerpiece story. In addition to taking a detailed look into Popcorn Time the study places Popcorn Time on a video distribution timeline. Other distribution timeline points that have had similar innovational impact are discussed.

The Popcorn Time application came out at the beginning of March 2014. Look at the digital video environment before Popcorn Time, during, and after Popcorn Time’s release. Post Popcorn Time innovations discussed are Zona, TorrenTV, JW player, and of course Netflix. Shedding light on the recent developments in the technology, market, and aesthetics of digital video is the penultimate purpose of this ebook.

“For kids growing up now there’s no difference watching Avatar on an iPad or watching YouTube on a TV and watching Game of Thrones on their computer. It's all content. It's all story” Kevin Spacey proclaims at the Edinburgh Television Festival (The Telegraph).