Registration No. 33-48657
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

                                       TO

                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                               RENTRAK CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Oregon                                       93-0780536
     (State of incorporation)                  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

             7700 N.E. Ambassador Place
             Portland, Oregon                                        97220
    (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)

                        1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                   F. Kim Cox
                             President and Secretary
                               Rentrak Corporation
                           7700 N.E. Ambassador Place
                             Portland, Oregon 97220
                            Telephone (503) 284-7581
           (Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)





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                                 DEREGISTRATION

      Pursuant to Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.  33-48657) filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 1992, Rentrak Corporation, an
Oregon corporation,  registered 200,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value
per share,  for issuance  under the 1992 Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan. Of the
200,000 shares originally registered,  64,986 shares were sold. The Registration
Statement is hereby amended to deregister 135,014 shares of common stock, $0.001
par value per share, of Rentrak Corporation.

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                                   SIGNATURES

The Registrant.

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused  this  post-effective
amendment  to  registration  statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the  city of  Portland,  state of
Oregon, on the 26th day of July, 2004.


                                           RENTRAK CORPORATION
                                           (Registrant)


                                           By  /s/ F. Kim Cox
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                                               F. Kim Cox
                                               President and Secretary

      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
post-effective  amendment  to  registration  statement  has been  signed  by the
following persons in the capacities indicated as of the 26th day of July, 2004.



                  Signature                           Title
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Principal Executive Officer and Director:


/s/ Paul A. Rosenbaum
---------------------------------          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Paul A. Rosenbaum                          Director


Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:


/s/ Mark L. Thoenes
---------------------------------          Senior Vice President and Chief
Mark L. Thoenes                            Financial Officer


A majority of the Board of Directors:


/s/ Cecil D. Andrus
---------------------------------          Director
Cecil D. Andrus


/s/ George H. Kuper
---------------------------------          Director
George H. Kuper

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/s/ Joon S. Moon
---------------------------------          Director
Joon S. Moon



---------------------------------          Director
James G. Petcoff


/s/ Standford C. Stoddard
---------------------------------          Director
Stanford C. Stoddard

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