RCVR (2011 sci-fi series) - Blu-ray Forum

amoergosum · 10-16-2014, 06:55 AM

Does anyone know why they've never produced a second season?
I really enjoyed mini season 1.

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RCVR (pronounced Receiver) is a transmedia science fiction series created for the internet by producer-director David van Eyssen, which offers an explanation for the exponential growth in science and technology since the late 19th century. The series was also produced by Tavin Marin Titus through production company Science To Fiction. The original story on which RCVR was based was written by van Eyssen. Brian Horiuchi and van Eyssen wrote the first season of RCVR as a team.

The series premiered on Machinima on September 21, 2011 and met with critical acclaim and a user "like" rating of 96%. The show generated 2.6 million views in 14 days and approximately 6 million views by October 2011. The first season of RCVR is made up of 6 episodes each which are 6–9 minutes in duration. Cumulatively, the first season had a run-time of more than 46 minutes.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCVR

Article from 2012:

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An Online Blockbuster

Thanks to that fortunate combination of elements, RCVR was a huge hit immediately after launch. It became one of the big winners in the International Academy of Web Television Awards, winning for Best Drama Web Series, Best Male Performance (Drama), and Best Cinematography.

“I honestly didn’t expect to win,” says Bonjour. “There are so many people that have been involved in the web for so many years. I assumed they would be honoring those people, so when my name got called it was a huge shock.”

“We were thrilled to see a legitimate award ceremony for producers of original storytelling on the web, and for a lot of other categories, as well,” adds van Eyssen.

That success means that van Eyssen will have the chance to continue the RCVR story with Season 2. He plans to take the show in a different direction from what people have already seen.

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He hopes to release the second season in late summer. For him, the success of RCVR isn’t just a personal milestone, but a marker for the whole industry.

“What I learned from RCVR is that we can build a franchise online. If you want to build a franchise, this is the place to start. You don’t want to start in film and television,” he says. RCVR was unknown just 4 months prior to this interview, he notes. Within 4 weeks it had been watched by 4.5 million unique viewers. That’s as good as cable, he notes. All that happened with no media buy and no ad platform.

The success of RCVR and other online blockbusters is good for the future of online entertainment: “I think there’s going to be no difference between the internet and television in five years time,” says van Eyssen. It doesn’t matter where the content is coming from, he says. “I think people are going to be watching more and more content delivered through the Internet, but I don’t think it’s going to matter to them where it comes from. I think it’s going to be a window, and a window is transparent.”

As the audience grows, van Eyssen sees the door opening for a variety of new online programs.

“The real success story of RCVR is that it was made at all. If it is a success, it’s going to allow other people to do the same thing. The financing mechanism is going to open up for other people. Brands are going to look at what we do on the web with as much interest as they do what we produce for television,” says van Eyssen. “That would make RCVR a great success, if other people could follow that model—and, of course, I could continue to produce what I believe in.”

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