Rentrak News

PORTLAND, Ore., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Rentrak Corporation today announced the top ten movies-on-demand titles based on consumer transaction rate.

In an analysis of the top action hero movie franchises including "Batman," "Fantastic Four," The Incredible Hulk," "Iron Man," Spider-Man," and "X-men," Rentrak shows that movie distributors have a sophisticated understanding of how to optimize the value of their inventory.-? Not only do movies that open in more locations gross higher dollars, ... (more)

Movies-on-demand are transactional films available through cable and telco providers.

Recently, SNL Kagan published an article discussing the sharp drop in ratings for Viacom's flagship Nickelodeon channel.

H2 is a digital cable and satellite television channel that offers viewers more to explore, more to reveal, more to know and more to understand about history.

Cox Communications Inc. , along with parent Cox Enterprises Inc., is placing a bigger bet on the cell tower market even as the MSO tears down its own wireless network and moves ahead on its service bundling partnership with Verizon Wireless .

With free video on demand usage continuing to surge, Rentrak estimates the platform represents at a minimum $1 billion advertising opportunity.

The report, which is based on an aggregation of data from Rentrak's OnDemand Essentials service, shows that video-on-demand is at the tipping point of becoming a major ad medium.

PORTLAND, Ore., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation , the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and entertainment industries, today announced the company has signed an expanded StationView Essentials contract with Gray Television to include its Panama City stations, WJHG and WJHG2 .

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 194.13 points to 13,115, the NASDAQ closed up 54.42 points to 3,042 and the S&P 500 closed up 21.21 points to 1,390. The Davidson 99, which measures stocks in seven western states, including 19 in Oregon, closed up 2.09 points to 178.94. Some of the biggest percent winners in Oregon were Rentrak , which ... (more)