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# New TVOD platform lets indie filmmakers keep IP and most revenue
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/new-tvod-platform-lets-indie-filmmakers-keep-ip-and-most-revenue/
- Published: 2026-09-27T21:03:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-27T21:03:09.000Z
- Description: Variety’s Alex Ritman reports that RecDek and Hiway are launching The Drive-In, a TVOD service inside the RecDek app, letting filmmakers set prices, keep receipts from first sale, retain IP and pull territories instantly if sold to distributors.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Alex Ritman, Variety: The Drive-In streaming platform launch for indie filmmakers

**Why it matters.** Independent filmmakers gain a distribution path where they, not a platform or distributor, control pricing, IP and territory rights.

*Signal from* [*variety.com*](https://variety.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Alex Ritman*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-alex-ritman/) *·* [*read the original*](https://variety.com/2026/film/global/the-drive-in-streamer-indie-filmmakers-keep-ip-money-1236875129/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*