"We brought in local musicians, created an album as well as a web series and developed a project which is totally unique - a musical set in a children's indoor playground. We couldn't be more thrilled to have been given this opportunity."
A growing number of Kiwis are building successful careers through their YouTube channels and gaining loyal audiences around the globe.
Hawke's Bay YouTube star Jamie Curry shot to fame in 2012 after filming amusing slice-of-life videos as a 16-year-old from her Taradale bedroom.
Now five years later she has 1,334,075 subscribers on her YouTube channel, 9,356,082 followers on Facebook and is making a living online.
One of the winner's of last year's Skip Ahead, Jordan Watson, is another Kiwi example of someone who has shot to fame online.
His How to Dad channel has almost 150,000 subscribers.
Mr Jordan said as an online video creator you made do with what you had, you got friends and family to help out and saw what you could slap together.
"For us the Skip Ahead funding made that dream a reality. We had funding to be able to work on our biggest idea ever, bring in proper crew, cameraman, editors, colour graders."
"It gave us the time to actually sit down and work on the idea we thought would never happen."
Mr Jordan said the funding brought a whole new audience to their channel and let their viewers see a new side of what they could produce.
"Long format is a lot of hard work but the end result is well worth it - and we are planning to do more."
For more information about the funding, visit the NZ On Air website. Applications are open until August 10.
