Video content for smartphones is often the same stuff designed for TV – but squashed onto a smaller screen. Cartoon Network is changing this with the world's first 'micro network' – transforming what it means to be a TV network for the next generation of digital natives.

The availability of high quality original programming on services like Netflix and Amazon Prime is challenging how television is made and viewed. So how will the film industry respond to Amazon Studios’ decision to start developing its own original film content in 2015?

The word ‘webisode’ isn’t often associated with quality viewing. Finding content worth watching usually means trawling through cat videos and porn. Yet one in three Americans would give up TV in favour of online. CanHigh Maintenancechange perceptions of made-for-web content?

Did YouTube kill the Hollywood star? In the second installment of this two-parter, we look at why Gen Z value the talents and opinions of their digital peers, what services they are flocking to and how a shift towards user generated content will affect the future of media production and distribution.