Video-On-Demand is the Fastest Growing Alternative TV Delivery Platform

RENTRAK CORPORATION (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and entertainment industries, today announced the availability of the Rentrak State of VOD: Trend Report 2011. The report, which is based on an aggregation of data from Rentrak's OnDemand Essentials service, shows that video-on-demand (VOD) is at the tipping point of becoming a major ad medium. The report shows that Free-On-Demand (FOD) content, which are programs that run on ad-supported broadcast, cable and on-demand only networks, experienced 17% growth in 2011 to 6.8 billion transactions. With an average of 5 hours and 17 FOD television shows or videos watched per month, the potential value of the ad inventory in these programs is at least one billion dollars, based on Rentrak estimates.

The on-demand platform is an excellent growth opportunity for increased ad revenue with more than 55 million U.S. homes with access to VOD and the average home spending 8 hours per month watching VOD content. The majority of VOD viewing is spent on free programs which advertiser and agencies customers can use the State of VOD report to identify the free content types that will provide the greatest ROI. Metrics in the State of VOD include analysis of reach by content types, duplication analysis, average title performance by content type, as well as annual and monthly performance levels for the top FOD content.

"We like to think about VOD as the power of 8-plus! In the 8 years since VOD has taken off, homes now watch 8 hours of VOD a month and 80% of that is free TV programs, with more than 80% of the free TV program viewing occurring after the first three days of availability on-demand. Combine that with the potential ad sales of a billion dollars and you have one powerful medium," said Cathy Hetzel, Corporate President at Rentrak.

Additional Insights from Rentrak's State of VOD: Trend Report 2011:

VOD grew overall by more than 1 billion transactions from 7.8 billion last year to 8.8 billion in 2011.
77% of those transactions (6.8 billion) were for free content, providing significant opportunity for revenue growth over the coming years as ad insertion technology becomes commonplace.
Each month, 33.8 million STBs accessed free content.
Within FOD, major program viewership is now dominant. The TV Entertainment category, which includes programming from the top linear broadcast and cable networks, is now the top FOD category by transactions, up from #3 last year.
For more information, or to purchase the "Rentrak State of VOD: Trend Report 2011," please visit http://www.rentrak.com/stateofvod/

About Rentrak Corporation
Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) 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, multi-screen television and home video, Rentrak has developed more efficient metrics to be used as database currencies for the evaluation and selling of media. Rentrak is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional U.S. and international offices. For more information on Rentrak, please visit www.rentrak.com.

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NKOTBSB Offer Live PPV Stream on Facebook

NKOTBSB to stream their London show live on Facebook

The April 29th live O2 show featuring two of the biggest pop bands of the last 20 years, New Kids on the Block and The Backstreet Boys, will set yet another milestone.

After the announcement of the cinema cast live to cinemas across Europe earlier this month, the bands were inundated with fan inquiries from all over the world, all wondering why the show could not be brought to a theater in their city.

Overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of their fans, NKOTBSB are proud to announce that their April 29 live show can now be watched by everyone around the globe thanks to an exclusive live stream, which will be made available on the bands' facebook pages. The ticket to watch the live stream costs $4.99.

Livebeats, the company co-producing the event with ABC Entertainment, will provide the player, which will deliver an uninterrupted HD signal in a quality not seen before. The ticket to watch the show can conveniently be purchased in the player itself.

The Livebeats player is a unique tool for live music streaming. It has been developed with the intention to provide musicians - 80% of which have never performed in front of an audience - their own virtual stage.

Livebeats enables musicians, to schedule their show, promote it, invite friends and share the live performance with the world. Although built primarily for the long tail of the music scene, the technology and service are fully scalable so as to match the traffic demand for high profile events like the NKOTBSB show.

Recent live streams delivered by Livebeats include the bands Korn and Scooter, but also the world premiere concert of Robin and RJ Gibb's "The Titanic Requiem".
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Verizon Delivers Glimpses Inside Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' and a Chance to Win a Trip to London

Exclusive First Looks, Interactive Game That Allows Movie Fans to Explore 'Prometheus' Using Verizon's Smart Home Service, and Weekly Giveaways all Part of Verizon's 'Prometheus: Mission Connect Sweepstakes'

Leading up to the June release of director Ridley Scott's motion picture event "Prometheus," Verizon is delivering an immersive experience that enables movie fans to navigate the inside of the spaceship, using the company's Smart Home Service, Verizon Home Monitoring and Control.

Verizon's "Prometheus: Mission Connect Sweepstakes" lets fans explore and control settings in each room of the ship, from which the film and sweepstakes take their titles, while unlocking exclusive content and earning additional sweepstakes entries every step of the way. As part of the Sweepstakes, Verizon will send one lucky winner and a guest on a trip to London to tour the studio where "Prometheus" was filmed. The grand-prize drawing will be held on June 22. Visit www.verizon.com/mission to find out more and start exploring.

Ridley Scott, director of "Alien" and "Blade Runner," returns to the genre he helped define. With "Prometheus," he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Verizon is also offering exclusive first looks at the movie on the Verizon FiOS Facebook page as well as via FiOS TV's video-on-demand library. Fans of FiOS can check back regularly on a countdown clock to find out when new content will be available for viewing.

Trip to Fox Studios in LA Studio and Weekly Prizes

In addition to the exclusive content and grand-prize trip to London, Verizon will award weekly prizes including multiple trips for two to Los Angeles to tour the Fox studios, and dinner-and-a-movie packages (four tickets to see "Prometheus" in theaters when it premieres on June 8 and a $200 gift card to cover dinner and movie snacks). The Verizon Prometheus: Mission Connect Sweepstakes makes entering for chances to win easy. Simply register at www.verizon.com/mission.

"Like those intrepid explorers in the movie who stay connected to Prometheus via technology no matter how far in space they are, Verizon Home Monitoring and Control allows consumers to manage their home from anywhere by viewing live camera streaming, turning on lights, changing the temperature or controlling door locks," said Angie Klein, vice president for product development for Verizon. "And Verizon's virtual game offers sneak peeks at the movie and gives those who can't wait for the June 8 premiere a chance to win some great prizes."

Verizon Home Monitoring and Control Keeps You Connected to Your Mother Ship

Verizon Home Monitoring and Control lets customers remotely access, control and monitor doors, thermostat controls and appliances as well as view home-energy use in near-real time - all via a compatible smart phone, PC, FiOS TV and, soon, tablets.

Whether customers are budget- or environmentally conscious, or both, the benefits of having an intelligent home that provides convenient access to accurate information on home-energy consumption is an important first step to smart decision making. A connected energy reader lets customers view their energy usage in near-real-time and study energy consumption over periods of time. The convenient service is offered for only $9.99 per month.

A growing number of connected devices can be customized by customers to meet their individual needs and offer savings over the retail pricing for devices like cameras and locks. Do-it-yourself customers are provided tutorials and information, while customers who prefer to have equipment professionally installed are referred to local installers via InstallerNet. For more information about the service, visit: http://shop.verizon.com/monitoringcontrol .


About Verizon

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with nearly 108 million total connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 194,000. For more information, visit www.verizon.com .

About Fox Filmed Entertainment

One of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions, and Twentieth Century Fox Animation.

VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at www.verizon.com/news . To receive news releases by email, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

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Statement on the Passing of Dick Clark - From WPVI-TV/6abc, the Original Home of American Bandstand

The following is a statement by 6abc President and General Manager, Bernie Prazenica:

"Dick Clark was one of the great pioneers at WFIL-TV (now WPVI-TV). He will always be a part of our family and our legacy, and we offer our deepest condolences to his family."

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Statement from Dan Snyder and Mark Shapiro of Dick Clark Productions About Dick Clark

Daniel M. Snyder, Chairman, and Mark Shapiro, Chief Executive Officer today issued the following statements about Dick Clark:

Daniel M. Snyder, Chairman, Dick Clark Productions
One of the real draws when we purchased Dick Clark Productions was the opportunity to build on the tremendous foundation of programming that this icon of American broadcasting created.

I got to know Dick over the past five years and he was just as personable and warm in person as he was on television. Once you got to know Dick, it was obvious why he was so beloved by his fans. He was in every sense of the word, a giant.

Dick Clark will be sorely missed. He was truly one of a kind.

Mark Shapiro, Chief Executive Officer, Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark was an American institution. He was able to replicate the magic he brought to American Bandstand, not once but several times, through The Golden Globes, New Year's Rockin' Eve and thousands of hours of programming in almost every genre imaginable. He was the first of his kind -- a pioneer, entrepreneur and creative visionary who bridged and cultivated the music scene with traditional show business.

Dick Clark entertained and touched the lives of several generations. He is truly irreplaceable and will be greatly missed by the employees of our company and millions of fans worldwide.

SOURCE Dick Clark Productions

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