Gray Television Commits to Rentrak for Local Television Measurement

Gray Television Commits to Rentrak for Local Television Measurement

--Gray Taps Rentrak's Stable and Comprehensive Measurement Service for Its ABC and CBS Stations --

PORTLAND, Ore., July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT), the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising and entertainment industries, today announced Gray Television, a broadcast company which operates multiple television stations serving numerous markets, signed a contract for local market measurement for ABC-affiliate KAKE in Wichita, Kansas and CBS-affiliate WIBW in Topeka, Kansas. With the signing of this major television group, Rentrak now has four Wichita stations subscribing to its leading ratings data and measurement services, and the addition of the Topeka market increases Rentrak's client roster to 36 stations in 18 local TV markets.

"Rentrak is excited to begin working with Gray Television and we are most pleased to increase our TV station count in the Wichita market as well as adding WIBW/Topeka to our roster of client stations," said Steven Walsh, Rentrak's Senior Vice President, Local Market Sales. "Gray Television will now have a distinct competitive advantage by using the StationView Essentials service in order to sell not only the size of their audiences, but also the level of viewer engagement."

Rentrak's StationView Essentials service features the largest, most comprehensive set-top box (STB) database representing satellite, telco and cable TV. Rentrak also combines segmentation and customer databases with the TV viewing information to generate far more relevant "purchaser ratings" for its clients.

About Rentrak Corporation

Rentrak Corporation is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry. With a reach across numerous platforms including box office, home entertainment, video on demand and linear television, broadband and mobile, Rentrak has developed more efficient metrics to be used as alternative currencies for the evaluation and selling of media. Rentrak is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices worldwide. For more information on any of Rentrak's services, please visit www.rentrak.com.

Contacts for Rentrak:
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Rogers & Cowan
Sallie Olmsted / Amanda Bialek
(310) 854-8124 / (310) 854-8151
solmsted@rogersandcowan.com / abialek@rogersandcowan.com

Source: Rentrak Corporation

CONTACT: Sallie Olmsted, +1-310-854-8124, solmsted@rogersandcowan.com,
or Amanda Bialek, +1-310-854-8151, abialek@rogersandcowan.com, both of Rogers
& Cowan for Rentrak

Web Site: http://www.rentrak.com/

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