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January 9, 2025. hoopla Digital announces BingePass partnership with Creativebug, expanding crafting content for public libraries. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, announced today that it is partnering with Creativebug, the easy-to-use, high-quality online arts and crafts education resource used by library patrons and consumers around the world.

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January 7, 2025. hoopla Digital announces SeasonPass, a new offering bundling TV episodes into streamable seasons. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, announced today their latest streaming feature, SeasonPass. SeasonPass enhances patrons' TV viewing experience by bundling a single season of a TV series into one borrow. This feature expands hoopla's digital offerings available to libraries and their patrons, allowing patrons to stream more for free.

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December 13, 2024. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Taylor Swift and Harry Potter among the most borrowed titles on hoopla Digital This Year. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today revealed the top digital media titles borrowed by library patrons in 2024. Based on circulation figures from library patrons across more than 10,000 U.S. public libraries, the data shows what digital library content was most popular across a variety of categories – including eBooks, audiobooks, BingePasses, movies, TV shows, music, comics and manga.

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November 20, 2024. New hoopla Digital survey reveals user experience trends of library patrons. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, released new data on how patrons interact with and feel about digital library services and found patrons want more instant access to content.

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November 13, 2024. hoopla Digital announces BingePass partnership with Impactful Group to bring mental health literacy program to libraries. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, announced today that it is partnering with Impactful Group, an organization committed to creating meaningful change through innovative storytelling, education and mental health resources, to launch a new BingePass: the Creative Coping Toolkit.

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October 15, 2024. hoopla Digital announces BingePass with iNDIEFLIX, bringing independent films to public libraries. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, announced today that it is partnering with iNDIEFLIX, a global streaming platform of content with a purpose, to launch a new BingePass.

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June 26, 2024. hoopla Digital announces latest BingePasses with TN Marketing, expanding current offerings with educational and instructional courses to libraries. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today announced Get Healthy U TV BingePass, joining two recently-launched BingePasses from Craftsy as a part of an expanded partnership with TN Marketing, a global video streaming service focused on creating and cultivating communities by engaging people with their passions.

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June 26, 2024. Pottermore Publishing and hoopla Digital bring the original Harry Potter audiobooks to libraries for the first time. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today announced, together with Pottermore Publishing, the global digital Harry Potter publisher, that the highly-requested Harry Potter audiobook series –– as narrated by award-winning actor Stephen Fry –– will be made available to public libraries and their patrons in the U.S. and Canada for the first time ever starting July 1.

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April 30, 2024. hoopla Digital expands popular BingePass offering with launch of Pokémon partnership. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, announced today a partnership with Pokémon, one of the world's most popular entertainment franchises, to launch a new BingePass. hoopla's new Pokémon BingePass is one of more than 20 BingePasses available to public libraries and their patrons, supporting hoopla's commitment to providing unique content for free to library patrons. BingePass is a unique innovation from hoopla, offering unlimited access to educational and entertaining collections of streaming content and platforms for seven days with just one borrow. BingePass is accessible anywhere, either on the web or via the mobile app, with no commercials or ads. Patrons of all ages and interests can find something to borrow including magazines, eBooks, popular movies and TV series, puzzles and more.

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March 26, 2024. hoopla Digital partners with All3Media International to bring gardening icon Monty Don to libraries. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today announced a partnership with All3Media International, one of the world's leading production and distribution groups, to launch a new BingePass.

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2023 hoopla adds manga to the platform

2021 hoopla expands internationally in Australia and New Zealand

2021 hoopla creates BingePass, an innovative way to stream collection of premium content with just one click

2015 hoopla adds eBooks and comics to the platform, becoming the only all-in-one media platform available

2013 hoopla Digital launches with audiobooks, movies, TV and music, was the first content provider to offer the ability to stream content or download for offline use

2010 Midwest Tape launches hoopla streaming platform

1989 John Eldred Jr. founds Midwest Tape, distributing physical media to libraries