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                               Rentrak Corporation
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

                Paul A. Rosenbaum on behalf of the Committee for
                     the Achievement of Rentrak Excellence
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 CONTACT:  Paul A. Rosenbaum
Wednesday, May 31, 2000                         Committee for the Achievement of
                                                Rentrak Excellence
                                                (517) 487-6390

                DISSATISFIED SHAREHOLDERS OF RENTRAK CORPORATION
                             ANNOUNCE PROXY CONTEST


        Portland,  Oregon, May 31, 2000 - The recently-formed  Committee for the
Achievement of Rentrak  Excellence  (the  "Committee")  announced  today that it
intends to  solicit  proxies to remove  the nine  current  directors  of Rentrak
Corporation  (NASDAQ:RENT)  and to elect  its slate of five  nominees,  Cecil D.
Andrus,  George H. Kuper, Joon S. Moon, James G. Petcoff, and Paul A. Rosenbaum,
as directors  for a one-year  term.  The members of the  Committee,  who are all
shareholders of Rentrak  Corporation,  are Michael J. Annechino,  Mark A. Brown,
Gordon A. Reck,  Donald W.  Remlinger,  Paul A. Rosenbaum,  Guy R. Wolcott,  and
Frederick L.  Zehnder.  On May 15,  2000,  shareholders  of Rentrak  Corporation
owning more than 10 percent of its outstanding shares of common stock, including
the persons who  subsequently  formed the  Committee,  delivered  to the company
demands that a special  meeting of the  shareholders  of Rentrak  Corporation be
held on June 30, 2000, or as soon thereafter as practicable,  in accordance with
Oregon law. A Schedule  13D was filed  today with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission by the members of the Committee and the Committee's proposed nominees
for director describing the identity and background of the filing persons, their
beneficial  ownership of the stock of Rentrak  Corporation,  certain  agreements
entered into by the filing persons,  and their plans for the strategic direction
of Rentrak Corporation in an effort to increase shareholder value.

        THE  COMMITTEE  PLANS TO FILE A  PRELIMINARY  PROXY  STATEMENT  WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  RELATING TO THE COMMITTEE'S  SOLICITATION OF
PROXIES  FROM THE  SHAREHOLDERS  OF RENTRAK  CORPORATION  FOR USE AT THE SPECIAL
MEETING OF  SHAREHOLDERS.  THE COMMITTEE URGES ALL RENTRAK  SHAREHOLDERS TO READ
THE PROXY  STATEMENT  WHEN IT IS  AVAILABLE  BECAUSE IT WILL  CONTAIN  IMPORTANT
INFORMATION.

        INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMITTEE'S  ANTICIPATED
PROXY  SOLICITATION,  INCLUDING  THEIR  DIRECT  AND  INDIRECT  INTERESTS  IN THE
SOLICITATION,  BY SECURITY HOLDINGS OR OTHERWISE,  IS CONTAINED IN ITEMS 2 AND 5
OF THE  SCHEDULE 13D FILED ON MAY 31,  2000,  WITH  RESPECT TO THEIR  BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK OF RENTRAK CORPORATION. SHAREHOLDERS AND INVESTORS MAY
OBTAIN A COPY OF THE SCHEDULE 13D, THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE, AND
OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FOR FREE ON THE SEC'S WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV.