Registration No. 33-40472
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2

                                       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)

                   1986 RESTATED AND AMENDED STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            1985 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                  1985 KEY EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                      INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN COMPENSATION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plans)

                                   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.  33-40472) filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 1991, Rentrak Corporation,  an
Oregon corporation,  registered 977,676 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value
per share, for issuance under the compensatory plans and arrangements  listed on
the  cover  page  hereof.  The  Registration  Statement  is  hereby  amended  to
deregister  the shares of common stock,  $0.001 par value per share,  of Rentrak
Corporation remaining unsold.



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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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