Hoopla (digital media service)
| File:Hoopla logo.svg | |
| Industry | eBooks, Library Services, School Services, Digital Content Management |
|---|---|
| Genre | Software, media playback |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand |
| Products | hoopla digital |
| Parent | Midwest Tape (2013–present) |
| Website | www |
Hoopla (stylized as hoopla) is a web and mobile (Android/iOS) library media streaming platform launched in 2010 for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music, and TV. Patrons of a library that supports Hoopla have access to its collection of digital media. Hoopla Digital is a division of Midwest Tape.[1][2]
Business model
Hoopla is free-of-charge for patrons of participating libraries. The content is paid for by library systems, using a "per circulation transaction model".[3][4]
Content
Hoopla claims to have over 500,000 content titles across six formats,[3][5] including over 25,000 comic books.[6] As of November 2016,[needs update] Hoopla's content comprised 35% audiobooks (for which Hoopla has contracts with publishers such as Blackstone Audio,[7] HarperCollins,[8] Simon & Schuster Audio,[9] Tantor Audio,[10] and others), followed by 22% movies (for which Hoopla has motion picture contracts with publishers such as Disney,[11] Lionsgate,[12] Starz,[13] Warner Bros.,[14] and others), 19% music, 12% ebooks, 6% comics, and 6% television.[5] One drawback is that Hoopla has few new bestsellers.[6]
Areas Served
Hoopla expanded to serve Australia[15] and New Zealand[16] in June 2021.
Technology
Hoopla content can be borrowed and consumed on the web, or via the native Android or iOS apps.[17]
Parent company
John Eldred and Jeff Jankowski founded Hoopla's parent company, Midwest Tape, in 1989. Midwest Tape is a library vendor of physical media such as audiobooks, CDs, and DVD/Blu-ray.[18]
Controversy
See also
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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Hoopla". vendor.hoopladigital.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Midwest Tape Launches Hoopla Pilot for Pay-Per-Circ Streaming Media". Digital Shift. Media Source Inc. March 4, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "eAudiobooks are in High Demand!". hub.hoopladigital.com. Hoopla Library Admin Site. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tibken, Shara (April 9, 2023). "The Money-Saving Power of Your Library Card". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ↑ "Blackstone Audio on hoopla digital". HooplaDigital.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ "Harper Collins on hoopla digital". HooplaDigital.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ "Simon & Schuster Audio on hoopla digital". HooplaDigital.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ "Tantor Audio on hoopla digital". HooplaDigital.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ "Walt Disney Pictures on hoopla digital". HooplaDigital.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ "Lionsgate Entertainment on hoopla digital". HooplaDigital.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ "Starz on hoopla digital". HooplaDigital.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ "Warner Brothers on hoopla digital". HooplaDigital.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ↑ Mem: 10092928. "Digital library service hoopla expands to Australia | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2023-07-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Albanese |, Andrew. "Midwest Tape's Hoopla Expands Internationally—and at Home". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2015.