E-sports are booming – the industry is estimated to be worth over $612 million – and as the stigma surrounding video games subsides, West Ham United is getting in on the action. The football club has become the first in the UK to sign an e-sports player to represent it at FIFA tournaments.

Not long ago, it was inconceivable that video games would be anything more than a niche pastime, let alone a path to a lucrative career. Yet e-sports now attract millions of fans and major brand sponsorships. How did they come to rival to traditional sports? And can they achieve mainstream success?

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.

Is time-shifted viewing the norm now? Has piracy had its heyday? How are the ways we consume media set to change in 2016? As part of our Expert Outlook 2016 series we speak to three media and entertainment experts about the future of the big screen, the small screen and everything in between.