News from the Hiway

Scotland gets its own streaming platform. And it’s built to keep the money at home.

Scotflix, a new Scottish streaming platform, launches September 2026 at the Scottish Screenwriters Festival. Powered by Hiway. Creators keep the IP, the…

Jul 3 • Hiway

June 2026

Raindance Film Festival is here. So is Raindance Releasing.

The 2026 Raindance Film Festival opens tonight! Raindance Releasing in opening too. Both are powered by the same mission: bringing independence back to…

Jun 17 • Hiway

Why Raindance is the must-attend event in the indie film calendar.

The 2026 Raindance Film Festival runs 18 to 28 June in London. The UK’s largest independent film festival, BAFTA and BIFA qualifying, and the…

Jun 15 • Hiway

The Era of Direct-to-Fan Is Here. And It’s Working.

Four films. Six weeks. All made by directors who built their audiences online, distributed direct, and topped the box office. The model the industry has…

Jun 8 • Hiway

Distrotech: The Real Bill Behind the Play Button

CDN costs, transcode farms, metadata delivery, payment reconciliation across a dozen portals. The hidden cost of every streaming deal, and the…

Jun 2 • Hiway

HIWAY WEBINAR. 2ND JUNE 2026

Logged in. Now let’s go live.

Jun 1 • Hiway

May 2026

Cannes 2026. A world first.

Eleven days on the Croisette. One platform debut. One streaming partnership that did not exist in our industry before this month.

May 27 • Hiway

Raindance Releasing launches on Hiway: the first streaming service where filmmakers keep the IP, the money and the audience.

The UK’s largest independent film festival becomes the first to run its own OTT platform on Hiway infrastructure, with effectively zero streaming costs…

May 19 • Hiway

April 2026

The Cannes Market Has a Data Problem

Buyers are making million-dollar acquisition decisions with almost no useful information. Distribution technology is starting to change that - and the…

Apr 30 • Hiway

Cannes 2026: Free Screener Rooms + up to £500,000 Match Funding

Free Screener Rooms for production companies attending Cannes 2026, plus up to £500,000 in match funding for your next project, in partnership with High…

Apr 22 • Hiway

A Cannes Gift for You! Your Screener Isn’t Working. So We Built A New One. Ready for you, for Cannes.

The film screener is broken. WeTransfer links, expired passwords, no tracking. Here’s what a professional screener looks like in 2026 and why it…

Apr 15 • Hiway

March 2026

Hiway Is Live: Direct-to-Fan Distribution Now Open for Everyone

Hiway is now open to all creators, filmmakers, and rights holders. Upload once, distribute to fans worldwide, and keep your audience data. No middlemen.

Mar 24 • Hiway