Imo, a mid-tier production is higher production quality and length than you'd expect to be reasonable on a platform like YouTube. Not budgeted like or necessarily as high end as prestige tv, but still full length regular productions. YouTube premium originals were sort of like this, and there have been some platforms that have distributed a handful of shows in this way, like seeso or vrv, but mostly their original content was just throwing pasta at the wall to see what sticks.
If a platform came along that hosted a number of lower budget but higher production quality series which were actually good, that would be pretty neat imo.
A lot of Western animation is targeting this sort of budget and distribution channel, a good example being Vivziepop distributing Helluva Boss via YouTube, and the various Cartoon Hangover series. There seems to be some trade back and forth between streaming services and these midrange productions, with creators and series flipping back and forth based on whether or not they can get a service to pay for a series or whether they need to crowdfund it.
Imo, a mid-tier production is higher production quality and length than you'd expect to be reasonable on a platform like YouTube. Not budgeted like or necessarily as high end as prestige tv, but still full length regular productions. YouTube premium originals were sort of like this, and there have been some platforms that have distributed a handful of shows in this way, like seeso or vrv, but mostly their original content was just throwing pasta at the wall to see what sticks.
If a platform came along that hosted a number of lower budget but higher production quality series which were actually good, that would be pretty neat imo.
I have never heard of any of these, thanks!
A lot of Western animation is targeting this sort of budget and distribution channel, a good example being Vivziepop distributing Helluva Boss via YouTube, and the various Cartoon Hangover series. There seems to be some trade back and forth between streaming services and these midrange productions, with creators and series flipping back and forth based on whether or not they can get a service to pay for a series or whether they need to crowdfund it.