Leveraging social media shopping experiences for small business growth this holiday season. As the holiday season approaches, small businesses are looking for ways to maximize their online presence and drive sales. One effective way to do this is by leveraging social media shopping experiences. With the rise of social commerce, platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook are becoming essential channels for businesses to reach their target audience and increase sales. By integrating e-commerce operations with social media platforms, small businesses can increase brand visibility, reach new audiences, and drive sales during the holiday season. The growing importance of social media commerce is evident in the partnership between Disney and TikTok Shop, which has created a holiday shopping experience with over 20 brands. This example highlights the potential for small businesses to explore ways to integrate their e-commerce operations with social media platforms. By doing so, they can increase brand visibility, reach new audiences, and drive sales during the holiday season. According to, social commerce will explode from $700 billion in 2024 to $8.5 trillion by 2030, becoming the top sales channel by 2029. To maximize your social media shopping experiences, focus on creating engaging content that resonates with your target audience. Utilize high-quality visuals, compelling captions, and relevant hashtags to increase your online presence and drive sales. You can set up your social media shopping experiences in minutes with Dathent, making it easy to manage your online presence and drive sales during the holiday season. Before you ship: checklist. | Year | Social Commerce Revenue (USD) | | 2024 | $700 billion | | 2030 | $8.5 trillion | What is social commerce? Get Started with Dathent Maximize your online presence with Dathent. Dathent is an AI marketing operating system that helps small businesses and marketers manage their online presence and drive sales. With Dathent, you can integrate your e-commerce operations with social media platforms, utilize social media advertising, and leverage influencer marketing. Sign up now and maximize your online presence this holiday season.

Disney+ restores 4K and HDR10 in Europe. But not on all TVs! Photo: Disney Disney+ is gradually restoring high picture quality after issues related to a patent dispute. In 11 European Union countries and Brazil, movies and series are again available in 4K and HDR10. There is, however, a catch: the features work only on selected devices, and popular Apple TV 4K and Nvidia Shield set-top boxes still remain unsupported. New codecs solve some of the problems. It all began with a patent dispute between Disney and InterDigital over HEVC. As a result, Dolby Vision and 3D disappeared in June, and in July 4K and HDR10 were also removed in certain countries. Disney+ has found a partial solution. Since August it has been restoring 4K content using the VP9 codec, and now it has begun reintroducing HDR10 using VP9 Profile 2. According to Disney, the entire previous library of 4K and HDR10 content is once again available in those formats. Unfortunately, Dolby Vision still has not returned. Photo: Disney Not all TVs have regained 4K and HDR. The biggest problem remains compatibility. The new solution works, among others, on selected Google TV and Android TV devices, on LG TVs with webOS from 2020, on Hisense TVs with VIDAA from 2019, and on Amazon Fire TV devices. The situation is worse for users of Apple TV 4K and Nvidia Shield, who in countries subject to the restrictions still cannot use 4K and HDR. Samsung TVs running Tizen are also missing from the list of supported devices. Importantly, Poland is not among the 11 EU countries affected by these restrictions. The changes concern, among others, Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. The patent dispute is still ongoing, and InterDigital has also extended it to include VP9 technology. So further changes to 4K and HDR availability cannot be ruled out. Sources: FlatpanelsHD, PRAD Redakcja Choose TV ChooseTVteam-title Reader comments Comments are provided by the external service Disqus (Zeta Global). Once loaded, Disqus may set cookies and process data about your activity.

Disney lays off 159 workers at Glendale Imagineering office. By Ben Miller - Contributing Writer Oct 30, 2026 Preview this article 1 min The cuts affect architect, designer, engineering and technician roles at the Flower Street office. They take effect Dec. 29. THIS REMAINDER OF THIS ARTICLE IS FOR SUBSCRIBERS Access 4 weeks of award-winning news and insights Subscribe for only $4