Welcome to Scotflix

Sign up

• Sign in with your email or your Google account.
• If you use email, we send a one-time password. Enter it within 10 minutes.
• Add your name or company name, a logo and a short description. This is what viewers see on your film pages, so use the name you want the public to see, not a holding company.
• One login covers the Hiway portal and every Hiway-powered platform.

Pick a plan

Start free with one title up to 5GB. When you need more, pick a plan: you are running your own film business on Hiway, and there is no listing fee on any channel. Annual billing works out at roughly two months free.

Most filmmakers start free, then move to Solo. There is no extra charge to appear on any Hiway-powered channel.

How to connect Stripe

1. Go to Settings > Monetisation and click Connect Stripe.
2. Enter your business or personal details on Stripe's onboarding page. Use the same name your Hiway account bills under.
3. Add your bank account so Stripe can pay you out.
4. Verify your identity with the documents Stripe asks for, such as a passport or driving licence.
5. When Stripe confirms, you are returned to Hiway with a green Connected status.

Set your payout frequency inside Stripe. Daily, weekly or monthly, whichever suits you.

A note on international films

The original language list is being extended. If your language is not yet an option, pick the closest match, note the correct language in your description, and flag it when you apply so it can be corrected.

Wizard steps

1. Choose access level: private, public, data capture or paywalled.
2. Name your SmartLink and select the media file from your library.
3. Tick which assets to show on the landing page.
4. Set permissions. For private links, add the email addresses and press Enter after each one.
5. Optionally set maximum views and an expiry date.
6. Set price and regions, for paywalled links.
7. Click Publish.

Link your trailer and full film SmartLinks together so viewers move from the trailer straight into the purchase page.

Smart Rooms

Bundle several titles into one curated space. Useful for a series, a festival room or a B2B presentation. The same access levels apply.

Piracy protection

Every stream is DRM protected using Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady. Screen recording and screen sharing are blocked on every browser and device. Viewers can still cast to a television.

The process in two steps

1. Prepare the film once: uploaded, status Ready, with metadata, artwork, pricing and subtitles all set on the film itself, steps 3, 4 and 6.
2. Apply to the channel and select the territories you want to release in. No SmartLink to build first, the system handles it.
3. The channel reviews the film through a secure temporary link the system generates for them.
4. On approval, a syndication contract is created automatically on the channel's standard terms and your film appears on the channel with pricing, territories and metadata already carried across from your library.

Apply through Distribution

1. Open portal.onthehiway.com/dashboard/distribution.
2. Open Discover channels, pick Scotflix and press Apply.
3. Pick the film from your library. The application is built around the media itself, not a SmartLink you have to create first.
4. Choose the territories you want the channel to release in. You can pick worldwide, or specific regions or countries.
5. Add a short note about the film, its festival and screening history, and any territories where transactional rights are not free.
6. Submit. The channel receives your application and a secure temporary link the system generates in the background so they can watch and assess.

Be straight about existing deals. If a sales agent holds SVOD or AVOD in some territories but transactional rights are free, say so. It usually makes the film easier to accept, not harder.

What happens when a channel approves

If the channel accepts, the system does most of the work for you:

• A syndication contract is created automatically using the channel's standard settings, the payout frequency and data-sharing permissions the channel has pre-configured.
• The territories on the contract come from the ones you selected in your application.
• A SmartLink is created inside the channel's account with your film, its pricing, its territories and all its metadata already set from your library.
• It is one SmartLink, not a duplicate. The same link sits in your account and the channel's account, exactly as syndication works everywhere else on Hiway.
• You keep full visibility of views, sales and audience data from your own dashboard, exactly as with any syndication deal.

Check the contract before it goes live:

1. Go to Syndication › Deals to Me.
2. Open the channel's contract.
3. Check the film, the territories, the split and the payout frequency.
4. Click Approve and the film goes live on the channel.

If anything on the contract does not look right, contact the channel before approving. Once you approve, the contract is live and revenue starts flowing on those terms.

Set up a syndication contract

1. Go to Syndication in the left sidebar.
2. Click Create Template, name it and add a short description.
3. Set commercial terms: your role, revenue split, gross or net basis, payment frequency.
4. Choose data-sharing permissions: analytics, revenue, CRM.
5. Link specific films or SmartLinks to the contract.
6. Send it to your partner. They connect Stripe to receive their share.

How to send an invite

1. Click the gear icon at the bottom left to open Settings.
2. Open the Members tab and click Add Member.
3. Enter their email address.
4. Select their role: Owner, Admin, Member or Collaborator.
5. For Collaborators, tick the specific pages they can access and set an optional expiry date.
6. Add a personal message and click Send Invitation.

Invitations expire after 7 days if not accepted.