A home for stories that deserve an audience.
PitoReel is built for independent, regional, cultural and diaspora storytelling. License your film to our curated catalog, publish as a Creative Director, or show your work on your own website with The Arc Embed.
Presented with care. Paid on real viewing.
PitoReel is not an endless library. It is a curated service, and the work on it is treated that way.
Curated, not crowded
Every title on The Arc is chosen, and every Creative Director upload is reviewed before it is published. Your film sits beside work that was selected, not uploaded in bulk.
Non-exclusive licensing
Keep your other deals. A title already streaming somewhere else can still come to PitoReel under a non-exclusive license.
Paid on qualified watch time
What counts is genuine viewing by real viewers. Creative Directors are paid monthly once earnings reach $50; catalog license terms are agreed with each rights holder.
Your site, our player
With The Arc Embed your trailer or film plays on your own website in the PitoReel player, domain-locked to your site and streamed by PitoReel.
Built to be watched
Adaptive streaming up to 1080p over a global CDN, automatic speech captions, and translated subtitles in Spanish, French and German on titles that have them.
Rights respected
We work only with rights holders, under a license. Creative Directors confirm the video and music they upload are their own before they can publish.
Choose the path that fits your film.
License to The Arc
For filmmakers and distributors
- Your film or series joins PitoReel’s curated catalog.
- Viewers watch with a Basic, Standard or Premium plan.
- Non-exclusive licensing is welcome.
- License term and territories agreed with you.
Become a Creative Director
For creators publishing their own work
- Apply for free and get your own channel.
- Upload videos and Shorts, and go live.
- Your uploads are free for everyone to watch.
- Paid on qualified watch time, monthly once you reach $50.
The Arc Embed
For your own website
- Show a trailer, a free creator video or a licensed film on your site.
- Pay-per-view is available by arrangement.
- One piece of HTML. PitoReel hosts, protects and streams.
- Keys are locked to your domain.
What we need from you.
Send these with your first email and we can review your title quickly.
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The film file1080p H.264 MP4 is preferred. MOV, MKV and AVI are accepted and converted for streaming.
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A separate trailerIts own file. It is what plays on the homepage billboard and in a trailer embed.
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Key artLandscape 16:9, ideally 1920 × 1080 JPEG, with the subject kept near the center.
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A signed licenseGranting PitoReel streaming rights, with the term and the territories.
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For a seriesEpisode titles, numbers and running times.
Only from the rights holder
We accept films directly from the people who hold the rights. A link to a film on another streaming service is not a submission: that service’s license covers it, not us.
If your film is already on another service, that is fine — send us the file and the license yourself.
How a title reaches viewers.
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You send the file and license
Email support@pitoreel.com and we will arrange the transfer of your files.
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We review and prepare it
We check the title, convert it into adaptive streaming renditions and prepare captions where the audio allows.
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It goes live
On The Arc, on your own website with The Arc Embed, or both.
What partners ask first.
My film is already on another service. Can it come to PitoReel?
Yes. Non-exclusive licensing is welcome. Send us the file and the license yourself.
Do viewers pay to watch?
The Arc catalog is watched on a paid plan, from $7.99 a month with a 7-day free trial. Creative Director videos and Shorts are free to watch.
Can I show my film on my own website?
Yes, with The Arc Embed — as a trailer, as free creator content, under a license, or as pay-per-view by arrangement. See how it works.
Do I need technical help to embed it?
No. We send you one piece of HTML to paste into your page, plus a guide and an example page in the Integration Kit.
Bring your work to PitoReel.
Request a client key for The Arc Embed, or talk to us about licensing. We reply from support@pitoreel.com.