Hoopla (digital media service)
Hoopla, stylized as hoopla, is a North American on-demand Internet streaming media service of the Holland, Ohio-based company Midwest Tape.[1][2]
Description
Subscriptions through public libraries enable patrons to "borrow" (in other words, have temporary access to) audiobooks, comics, ebooks, movies, music, and television shows online.[3] The library pays a fee but library patrons get the service at no extra charge. Hoopla offers associated apps for Android and iOS devices.[4]
Parent company
Hoopla's parent company, Midwest Tape LLC, is a library vendor of audiobooks, CDs, DVDs, and other media co-founded by Jeff Jankowski.[5] Midwest Tape began business in 1989; its president as of 2012 is John Eldred.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Netflix-style on demand streaming movies, TV & audio coming to the Los Angeles Public Library", 89.3 KPCC (Southern California Public Radio), March 5, 2013
- ↑ "Reviews: Beta Testers Weigh In On Hoopla", Library Journal, April 29, 2013
- ↑ "Borrow free digital video, music, and audiobooks with your library card". hoopladigital.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Magazines, movies and more". Holland Sentinel. December 6, 2013.
- ↑ Enis, Matt (May 21, 2015). "hoopla Adds Ebooks and Comics, Develops “Action View” Technology for App". Library Journal.
- ↑ "Holland firm repacks, sells DVDs, CDs, audio books", Toledo Blade, May 20, 2012
- ↑ "Midwest Tape". Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.
External links
- Official website
- "Midwest Tape Launches Hoopla Pilot for Pay-Per-Circ Streaming Media". Digital Shift. Media Source. March 4, 2013.
- "Buyers Guide: Midwest Tape", American Libraries (American Library Association)
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