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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.”
Wiener: High school star Mac McClung will reach the NBA despite skeptics
“I would say that most of the basketball population does not believe he's going to go to the NBA. I do, because I'm a supporter.”
Zach Wiener: Traditional live broadcasts are failing to engage Gen Z
“It's clear that the live broadcast is not working for the younger generation. And probably Gen Z even less than millennials.”
Wiener: Youth sports fandom is driven by individual athletes over traditional teams
“I think more than ever, it's personality-driven content. I mean, if you ask a kid what team they root for, I would say most kids in America right now say the Lakers, because they're really a LeBron fan.”
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…”