Overview	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Overview	Overview Rentrak Corporation is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional United States and international offices. Previously, we had two operating divisions within our corporate structure and we reported certain financial information by individual segment under this structure. Those two operating divisions were our Advanced Media and Information (“AMI”) operating division, which included our media measurement services and our Home Entertainment operating division, which included our distribution services, as well as services that measure, aggregate and report consumer rental activity on film product from traditional “brick and mortar,” online and kiosk retailers. During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 (“Fiscal 2014”), we initiated our plan to sell our Pay Per Transaction^® (“PPT^®”) business, which had been a longstanding legacy business of Rentrak and a significant component of the Home Entertainment operating division. Our PPT^® business has been in a state of decline due to the decline of physical DVD rentals from retail stores. The strategic decision to sell PPT^® will enable us to focus more fully on the growth of our media measurement business and advanced consumer targeting business. Accordingly, we have restated our financial results and the PPT^® business is reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The sale of PPT^® was effective as of January 31, 2015. See additional information in Note 18 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. As a result of our sale of the PPT^® business, we operate in a single business segment encompassing our media measurement and advanced consumer targeting services which are primarily delivered through scalable, Software as a Service (“SaaS”) products within our Essentials^® product lines. These big data services, offered primarily on a recurring subscription basis, provide consumer viewership information integrated with consumer segmentation and purchase behavior databases. We provide movie studios, television networks and local stations, cable, satellite and telecommunications company (“telco”) operators, advertisers and advertising agencies unique insights into consumer viewing and purchasing patterns through our comprehensive and expansive information on local, national, Video on Demand (“VOD”) and “Over the Top” television performance and worldwide box office results.

Overview

Rentrak Corporation is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional United States and international offices. Previously, we had two operating divisions within our corporate structure and we reported certain financial information by individual segment under this structure. Those two operating divisions were our Advanced Media and Information (“AMI”) operating division, which included our media measurement services and our Home Entertainment operating division, which included our distribution services, as well as services that measure, aggregate and report consumer rental activity on film product from traditional “brick and mortar,” online and kiosk retailers.

During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 (“Fiscal 2014”), we initiated our plan to sell our Pay Per Transaction^® (“PPT^®”) business, which had been a longstanding legacy business of Rentrak and a significant component of the Home Entertainment operating division. Our PPT^® business has been in a state of decline due to the decline of physical DVD rentals from retail stores. The strategic decision to sell PPT^® will enable us to focus more fully on the growth of our media measurement business and advanced consumer targeting business. Accordingly, we have restated our financial results and the PPT^® business is reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The sale of PPT^® was effective as of January 31, 2015. See additional information in Note 18 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

As a result of our sale of the PPT^® business, we operate in a single business segment encompassing our media measurement and advanced consumer targeting services which are primarily delivered through scalable, Software as a Service (“SaaS”) products within our Essentials^® product lines. These big data services, offered primarily on a recurring subscription basis, provide consumer viewership information integrated with consumer segmentation and purchase behavior databases. We provide movie studios, television networks and local stations, cable, satellite and telecommunications company (“telco”) operators, advertisers and advertising agencies unique insights into consumer viewing and purchasing patterns through our comprehensive and expansive information on local, national, Video on Demand (“VOD”) and “Over the Top” television performance and worldwide box office results.