The Ledger

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Wiener: iPhone sports footage outperforms professional camera clips on Instagram
“There are some plays that we have that are shot both with an iPhone and a real camera, and we've tested this on Instagram, and it actually performs better when you shoot it with an iPhone.”
Zach Wiener Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:22 a16z Podcast | Eyeballs on the Game
Disclosure
Wiener: Overtime chooses coverage based on athlete authenticity, not skill
“The social cachet that these guys have, that's actually how we decide who we want to cover, not necessarily by who's the best, it's who's the most interesting and authentic to this audience.”
Zach Wiener Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:52 a16z Podcast | Eyeballs on the Game
Disclosure
Overtime developed Flashback technology to capture and buffer 12-second sports highlights
“The problem with highlights is you never know when the good play is going to happen. So we built a technology we call flashback where the game is streaming through memory the whole time. It's not saving it because we don't live stream games, but when something…”
Zach Wiener Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:59 a16z Podcast | Eyeballs on the Game
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Wiener: Overtime lost YouTube viewers due to 10-second intro title cards
“We noticed that about 10 seconds into our videos, we were normally losing a little bit more than we should. Like, you know, it's a downward-sloping curve because, of course, less people are watching five minutes in than one minute in. Natural taper. Exactly. B…”
Zach Wiener Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:58 a16z Podcast | Eyeballs on the Game
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