-- Rentrak's OnDemand Essentials Measures Video-On-Demand Television at a Full Census Level--

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), today announced the top ten movies-on-demand (VOD) titles based on consumer transaction rate. Movies-on-demand are transactional (pay-per-purchase) films available through cable and telco providers.

According to the company's OnDemand Essentials service, the top ten most-viewed titles, per data collected from October 26 through November 1, 2009 include:

Rentrak Top Ten VOD Titles

                                                                          BOX
                                                                 MPAA   OFFICE
    RANK  TITLE                   STUDIO       VOD RELEASE DATE  RATING   ($M)
    ----  -----                   ------       ----------------  ------    ---
    1  The Proposal               Buena Vista   10/28/09          PG-13  163.9
    -  ------------               -----------   --------          -----  -----
    2  Orphan                     Warner Bros.  10/27/09          R       41.6
    -  ------                     ------------  --------          -       ----
    3  Monsters vs. Aliens        Paramount     10/28/09          PG     198.4
    -  -------------------        ---------     --------          --     -----
    4  Imagine That               Paramount     10/20/2009        PG      16.1
    -  ------------               ---------     ----------        --      ----
    5  X-Men Origins: Wolverine   Fox           09/29/2009        PG-13  179.9
    -  ------------------------   ---           ----------        -----  -----
    6  Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past Warner Bros.  09/22/2009        PG-13   55.3
    -  -------------------------- -----------   ----------        -----    ---
    7  Hannah Montana: The Movie  Buena Vista   10/02/2009        G       79.6
    -  -------------------------  -----------   ----------        -       ----
    8  Twilight (2008)            Summit        10/01/2009        PG-13  191.5
    -  --------------             ------        ----------        -----   ----
    9  Earth                      Buena Vista   10/02/2009        G       32.0
    -  -----                      -----------   ----------        -       ----
    10 Battle for Terra           Lionsgate     10/6/09           PG       1.6
    -- ----------------           ---------     -------           --       ---

Source: Rentrak OnDemand Essentials, as dated, rank based on Transaction Rate.

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About OnDemand Essentials®

OnDemand Essentials, a service of Rentrak's Advanced Media & Information Division, provides operators, content providers (including broadcast/cable networks, studios) and advertisers with a transactional tracking and reporting system to view and analyze on-demand content. The product is an extension of Rentrak's Essentials suite of business intelligence products customized for the entertainment industry. OnDemand Essentials clients have password protected, near real-time, Web browser-based 24/7 access to on demand consumer usage data at various access levels based on business and privacy rules. A sophisticated toolset aggregates and reports data across multiple vendors in one easy to use report system. Clients using the OnDemand Essentials system are able to instantly analyze and interpret their own business data to identify trends, program and promote more effectively, as well as track their performance against the broader business sector in which they operate.

About Rentrak Corporation

Rentrak Corporation, based in Portland, Oregon, is an information management company serving clients in the media, entertainment, retail and advertising industries. The company's Entertainment Essentials® suite of services is redefining media measurement in the digital broadband era. Entertainment Essentials provides customers with near-real-time, actionable insight into performance of content distributed over a wide variety of modern media technologies. Available by license or subscription, each Entertainment Essentials application allows executives to analyze detailed industry-wide and title-specific data to make decisions that enhance the bottom line and provide competitive advantage. For further information, please visit Rentrak's corporate website at http://www.rentrak.com.

    Contacts:   Sallie Olmsted/Amanda Bartz
                Rentrak Corporation
                310-854-8124/8151

SOURCE Rentrak Corporation

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