Video-on-demand (VOD) interfaces have become a ubiquitous feature of contemporary screen culture. But despite their prevalence and the significant amount of time we spend in these liminal spaces, these interfaces are – within the field of TV studies at least – relatively under-theorised and rarely the subject of focused critical interrogation. Indeed, it has been noted that there are simply ‘no established methodologies in TV studies for studying interfaces’ (Johnson, 2017: 124). In addressing this methodological gap, this article develops and demonstrates an empirical and quantitative approach to the analysis of television VOD interfaces, taking its cue from ‘distant reading’ (Moretti, 2013).

视频点播 (VOD) 界面已成为当代屏幕文化的普遍特征。但是，尽管它们普遍存在并且我们在这些阈限空间中花费了大量时间，但这些界面——至少在电视研究领域内——相对理论不足，很少成为重点批判性审问的主题。事实上，已经注意到“电视研究中没有既定的方法来研究界面”（Johnson，2017：124）。为了解决这一方法论差距，本文从“远程阅读”（Moretti，2013）中汲取灵感，开发并展示了一种用于分析电视 VOD 界面的实证和定量方法。