John Roberts, chief digital officer at reality pioneer Bunim/Murray Productions, explains the opportunities and challenges presented by new digital platforms.

MIPTV: UK music broadcaster Box TV has teamed up with music streaming giant Spotify on an official streaming chart show as part of its efforts to reverse the decline in music TV viewing.

MIPTV: A socially driven commemoration of D-Day produced for UK pubcaster Channel 4 was among the three winners of the Digital Emmys in Cannes last night.

MIPDOC: Producers and brands working together on branded content must be prepared to compromise to make projects work for both sides, delegates heard in Cannes today.

MIPDOC: Crowdfunding platforms are helping to transform the way factual content is funded and distributed – but they are not an end in themselves and quality is still key, crowdfunding pioneer Andrew Green has warned.

As TV executives from around the globe gathered on Miami Beach for Natpe 2014, C21Media was on the ground catching the buzz with its Natpe Live video interviews.

Laura Franses, the former Nutopia MD hired by Vice Media as its UK chief earlier this year, has left the global youth media company after less than three months.

MIPCOM: Al Jazeera is launching an online news channel for social media platforms, the broadcaster announced at Mipcom today.

MIPCOM: Media measurement business Nielsen has unveiled a new Twitter TV ratings dataset, as part of its effort to extend its offering beyond pure viewer ratings and into social media.