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November 11, 2025. Looking for a new media partner? Look no further: Midwest Tape and Hoopla are here to help. Midwest Tape and Hoopla support libraries in their mission to meet patrons where they are, offering a robust mix of digital and physical content that ensures accessibility, reliability, and ease of use. Midwest Tape has been a trusted provider of physical media to libraries across North America for more than 35 years. From DVDs and Blu-rays to audiobooks on CD, Playaways, music CDs, and, VidieGoGo books with embedded video, Midwest Tape delivers fully processed, shelf-ready materials by street date. Libraries looking to transition their existing digital one copy/one user licenses will find Hoopla Flex to be a seamless solution.

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September 30, 2025. Hoopla Digital strengthens investment in product discovery solutions. Hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, is reinforcing its commitment to empowering library partners through technological advancements with the launch of Hoopla for Developers, a public, library and vendor-facing documentation website for Hoopla Partner API endpoints. This new resource helps libraries and their technology partners get the most out of their integration by providing detailed Hoopla API documentation, including integration steps, security protocols, general guidelines, and more.

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September 16, 2025. Hoopla Digital partners with ARSL and CLC to expand the impact of library marketing makeovers. Hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, is expanding its popular Library Marketing Makeover program in 2026 through new partnerships with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries and the Connecticut Library Consortium. Inspired by television home makeover shows, the program connects libraries with volunteer marketing experts from both inside and outside the library world to refresh and improve their marketing and outreach strategies. Member libraries of ARSL and CLC will have the opportunity to apply for a free marketing makeover.

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September 4, 2025. Hoopla Digital launches ten new BingePasses for children's content. Hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, announced today the launch of 10 new BingePasses focused on children's content, including two developed in partnership with HarperCollins Publishers and eight with Lerner Publishing Group. The releases reinforce the company's commitment to children's literacy while expanding access to trusted, cost-effective educational and entertainment content for kids and families.

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June 24, 2025. Hoopla Digital launches first single-issue comic book BingePass with Fanbase Press. Hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today announced its partnership with Fanbase Press, an award-winning indie comic publisher, to offer partner libraries and their patrons seven days of unlimited access to a diverse range of digital comic book content with just a single borrow.

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March 26, 2025. Hoopla Digital launches new gaming experience with Puzzmo BingePass Share. Hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today announced its partnership with Puzzmo, the premier puzzle platform from Hearst Newspapers, to exclusively offer its partner libraries seven days of unlimited access to a diverse selection of online games. Designed by award-winning game developers Zach Gage and Orta Therox, Puzzmo brings an innovative twist to the digital games page of newspapers with modern classics like SpellTower, Really Bad Chess, Typeshift, Memoku, Flipart, Cross|word and more. Library patrons only need a valid library card and a single borrow to enjoy a mental break and challenge their minds with these playful, thought-provoking puzzles for seven days, all with no ads or fees.

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February 26, 2025. Hoopla Digital announces three new BingePasses with PBS Distribution. Hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today announced the launch of three new BingePasses with PBS Distribution, a leading distributor of public media content around the world. These three new BingePasses expand the available catalog of PBS content within Hoopla, which includes nearly 500 movies and TV series, and four existing SeasonPasses.

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February 4, 2025. hoopla Digital expands partnership with Cineverse launching five new BingePasses. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today announced an expanded partnership with Cineverse, a next- generation entertainment studio, to launch five new BingePasses that are now available on the hoopla platform.

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January 18, 2025. New Hoopla Integration with TLC.Go. The Library Corporation announced a new hoopla Digital integration for TLC.Go, its mobile app for libraries. This integration is available following a recent partnership between hoopla Digital and SOLUS, to bring the expansive hoopla content collection to TLC libraries using the SOLUS-based mobile app. Libraries with the app can extend access to hoopla's millions of titles to their patrons — directly from the app, including audiobooks, eBooks, comics and manga, music, movies, television, and more with BingePass.

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January 16, 2025. hoopla Digital and SOLUS Announce Partnership. hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, announced its partnership with SOLUS and its Library App, allowing for the seamless integration of the expansive hoopla content collection into online public library catalogs. This integration delivers an intuitive experience, allowing library patrons to effortlessly discover and borrow from hoopla's millions of titles, including audiobooks, eBooks, comics and manga, music, movies, television, and more with 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