INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Rentrak Corporation:

We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  following  registration
statements: (1) Registration Statement File No. 33-40472 on Form S-8 of the 1986
Stock  Option  Plan,  the 1985  Stock  Incentive  Plan,  the  1985 Key  Employee
Incentive Stock Option Plan and the Individual  Written  Compensation Plan Dated
May 10, 1991, (2)  Registration  Statement File No.  33-44864 on Form S-8 of the
1986  Restated and Amended  Stock Option Plan and  Directors'  Stock Option Plan
dated  January  8,  1992,  (3)  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 of the 1992
Employee  Stock Purchase Plan dated June 16, 1992,  (4)  Registration  Statement
File  No.  33-86548  on Form S-3  dated  November  21,  1994,  (5)  Registration
Statement  File No.  33-65463 on Form S-3 dated December 28, 1995, as amended on
Feburary 9, 1996, (6)  Registration  Statement File No. 333-28565 on Form S-8 of
the 1997  Non-Officer  Employee Stock Option Plan dated June 5, 1997, as amended
on October 29, 1997, and (7)  Registration  Statement File No. 333-62523 on Form
S-8 of the 1997 Equity Participation Plan dated August 31, 1998, on Form 10-K of
Rentrak  Corporation  of our report  dated May 24, 2002 (except as to the second
paragraph  of  Note  5,  which  is as of  May  30,  2002)  with  respect  to the
consolidated  balance sheet of Rentrak  Corporation and subsidiaries as of March
31, 2002 and the related  consolidated  statement of  operations,  stockholders'
equity,  and cash  flows for the year  ended  March 31,  2002,  and the  related
financial statement schedule, which report appears in the March 31, 2002, annual
report on Form 10-K of Rentrak Corporation.

/s/ KPMG LLP
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Portland, Oregon
June 28, 2002