If you can sit through a TV program without swiping on Tinder or sending a text, you're in the minority. 56% of Americans are ‘second screeners’. But all this extra entertainment is just a distraction from the main event. How does InAiR technology remove the need for a second screen altogether?

Since we’ve gotten used to checking our notifications every few minutes, many of us can’t sit through a programme without tapping away on phones or tablets. To turn our attention back to the TV, Facebook has introduced a range of features that let viewers interact with what they’re watching.

With on-demand services thriving and viewer numbers falling, is the golden age of TV over? Canvas8 spoke with Alan Wolk, author of Over the top: How the internet is slowly (but surely) changing the television industry, about how TV will adapt and whether the traditional ad model will survive.

Watching shows on TV can be frustrating; there’s often nothing good on and when you find something, there’s a good chance it’s already half way through the episode. That’s why French start-up Molotov plans to revolutionise the TV experience by creating a convenient, unified interface.