industry media measurement founded portland oregon united states 1977 1977 headquarters portland oregon u.s. key people bill livek vice chairman ceo david chemerow coo cfo bruce goerlich cro jeon rezvani cio cathy hetzel corporate president amir yazdani cso products audience measurement revenue us 102.9 million fy 2015 1 owner comscore number of employees 419 full time ; 113 part time fy 2015 2 website www.rentrak.com rentrak corporation nasdaq rent is a global media measurement and research company serving the entertainment industry . 3 rentrak is headquartered in portland oregon united states with additional offices in the united states and around the world . 4 in february 2016 comscore completed its acquisition of rentrak in an all stock deal valued at 768 million . 5 contents 1 company information 2 history 3 financial information 4 see also 5 references 6 external links company information edit rentrak has developed metrics to be used as database currencies for the evaluation and selling of entertainment content across many platforms including box office multi screen television and home video . 6 the company tracks viewing behavior from more than 35 million televisions across all 210 markets . 7 the company is the only company in the industry to provide video on demand measurement obtained from set top box data and is also the sole provider of real time box office ticket sales intelligence worldwide . 8 rentrak publishes weekly entertainment charts ranking the top ten in box office video on demand dvd sales and rentals video game sales and tv engagement . 9 history edit rentrak began as a nationwide video chain named national video which was founded and incorporated in 1977 . 10 national video founder ron berger developed what is now known as the pay per transaction ppt system which allows studios and retailers to lease movie titles instead of purchasing them . the company went public in 1986 . 11 in 1988 facing competition from rival blockbuster video berger sold the national video franchise chain and renamed the company rentrak . 12 ron berger later resigned as ceo of rentrak in 2000 . paul rosenbaum served as ceo from sept. 2000 to june 2009 when bill livek was appointed ceo . 13 bill livek extended his contract along with the company s coo cfo david chemerow to mid 2015 in november 2011 . 14 in december 2009 rentrak acquired nielsen edi a leader in box office measurement for 15 million . the deal made rentrak the sole provider of worldwide box office ticket sales information for studios and industry analysts . 15 16 as of july 2015 more than 440 local stations from across 68 station groups use rentrak s stationview essentials product for daily media measurement . mark cuban internet billionaire owner of the nba s dallas mavericks and the hdnet networks purchased 120 000 more rentrak shares on aug 22 2011 and holds an 8.7 percent ownership stake in the company as of sep 22 2011 . he has been accumulating rentrak stock since 2004 . 17 financial information edit total company revenue increased 32 percent to 28.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 up from 21.6 million for the same period last year . the company s tv everywhere product line grew 64 % its movies everywhere product line improved 10 % on a constant currency basis and its ondemand everywhere product line grew 21 % . 1 total company revenue for fiscal 2015 grew to 102.9 million up 36 % from 75.6 million for the previous year . the company s tv everywhere product line grew 76 % its movies everywhere product line improved 13 % on a constant currency basis and its ondemand everywhere product line grew 11 % . 1 see also edit list of companies based in oregon references edit a b c rentrak reports full fiscal 2015 fourth quarter and year end financial results . rentrak . may 27 2015 . retrieved july 17 2015 . rentrak form 10 k for the period ended march 31 2015 . rentrak . retrieved july 17 2015 . rentrak cross platform entertainment rankings july 15 2015 . rentrak . july 15 2015 . retrieved july 17 2015 . rentrak form 10 k for the period ended march 31 2015 . rentrak corporation . 2015 . retrieved july 17 2015 . liyakasa kelly 1 feb 2016 . comscore completes 768m merger with rentrak in bid for cross screen measurement . adweek . retrieved 7 may 2016 . rentrak announces official box office numbers . pr newswire . oct 21 2011 . retrieved november 10 2011 . rentrak reelz in new contract . portland business journal . nov 1 2011 . retrieved november 10 2011 . rentrak buys nielsen edi consolidating box office reporting business . los angeles times . dec 15 2009 . retrieved november 10 2011 . rentrak weekly entertainment charts . rentrak . jan 11 2012 . retrieved jan 11 2012 . company histories & profiles rentrak . funding universe . retrieved april 9 2012 . investor faqs . rentrak.com . retrieved june 27 2013 . rentrak s annual report has ups downs . funding universe . retrieved april 9 2011 . paul a. rosenbaum . forbes . retrieved april 9 2011 . rentrak extends ceo livek through 2015 . mediapost . retrieved april 9 2011 . gunderson laura february 8 2010 . portland based rentrak posts q3 loss . the oregonian . retrieved february 9 2010 . rentrak buys nielsen edi consolidating box office reporting business . the los angeles times . retrieved april 9 2011 . mark cuban ups rentrak stakes . portland business journal . retrieved april 9 2011 . external links edit official website v t e oregon based companies nyse listed greenbrier companies lithia motors nike nw natural portland general electric nasdaq listed columbia sportswear electro scientific industries erickson inc. fei flir lattice mentor graphics radisys rentrak schnitzer steel umpqua holdings private companies a dec banfield consumer cellular esco franz bakery hoffman construction infocus kindercare education laika leupold & stevens les schwab the old spaghetti factory parr lumber plaid pantry reser s fine foods roseburg forest products shari s vigor 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