Tag: Hoopla Digital

  • Your Library Card Can Be a Free Ticket to Hundreds of Film Festivals

    Your Library Card Can Be a Free Ticket to Hundreds of Film Festivals

    Hoopla Digital, a free streaming service for public libraries, partnered with Filmocracy to launch BingePass, a first-of-its-kind digital access pass to film festivals and more. Hoopla BingePass is a free service accessible through your library card. Library patrons with hoopla accounts can find independent films from acclaimed film festivals from around the world. Each pass…

  • Hallmark Channel Movies Is Now Streaming For Free From Your Local Library Thanks to Hoopla Digital

    Hallmark Channel Movies Is Now Streaming For Free From Your Local Library Thanks to Hoopla Digital

    Today Hoopla Digital announced a deal to bring Hallmark Movies Now for free to local libraries. Now with Hoopla Digital, you can borrow a 7-day free pass to Hallmark Movies Now. What makes this special is there is no need to enter a credit card or be worried about getting charged if you forget to…

  • BBC Programming is Now FREE From Your Public Library Thanks to hoopla digital

    BBC Programming is Now FREE From Your Public Library Thanks to hoopla digital

    Today BBC Studios and hoopla digital announced a deal to bring BBC programming to the free streaming services hoopla digital. Over 45 titles are now available on hoopla digital, including signature classics Robin Hood, Absolutely Fabulous, Inspector Lynley, Upstairs Downstairs and Waking the Dead. More BBC series will be available on hoopla digital later in…

  • Hallmark Publishing is Coming to Hoopla Digital

    Hallmark Publishing is Coming to Hoopla Digital

    Today Hallmark Publishing announced a deal with Dreamscape Media to expand into audiobooks. Now Hallmark stories starting with Nancy Naigle’s The Secret Ingredient, a Valentine’s Day-themed story will be turned into audio books. “Hallmark is a beloved American heritage brand known for celebrating positive family values. Dreamscape is honored to partner with them to produce the first audiobooks…

  • Hoopla Digital’s CEO Jeff Jankowski Talks About The Future of Their Free Cord Cutting Service

    Hoopla Digital’s CEO Jeff Jankowski Talks About The Future of Their Free Cord Cutting Service

    Recently I had an opportunity to interview Jeff Jankowski the CEO and President of hoopla Digital. So what is hoopla digital? hoopla digital teams up with local libraries to offer free streaming for members of more than 1,600 public library systems across North America. Public libraries are a great resource for cord cutters—not only for free DVD…

  • hoopla digital: The Best FREE Movie, TV, & Music Service You Never Heard Of

    hoopla digital: The Best FREE Movie, TV, & Music Service You Never Heard Of

    This may not be new to some of you as I have talked about hoopla digital before. Yet some things are so good and sadly so unknown that they are worth talking about again. If you like free movies, TV shows, music, audiobooks, ebooks, and more you need to checkout hoopla digital. So what is…

  • Hoopla Digital Updates Their Roku Channel Adding The Ability to  Browsing Their Catalog

    Hoopla Digital Updates Their Roku Channel Adding The Ability to Browsing Their Catalog

    In December hoopla digital launched an app on Roku Players and Roku TVs. In the first version, you could only see movies and TV shows you had already borrowed. Now they have updated their app to let users browse for movies and TV shows to view. This means you no longer have to add a show to your library…

  • Your Public Library Wants to Help You Become a Cord Cutter

    Your Public Library Wants to Help You Become a Cord Cutter

    Do you like free movies, TV shows, music, audio books, ebooks, and more? Your public library is probably the best kept cord cutting secret to help you watch your shows, movies, and more without paying a dime. You likely know that your library lends out DVDs, but did you know most public libraries also stream…

  • Hoopla Digital is Now Available on Roku Players

    Hoopla Digital is Now Available on Roku Players

    A few weeks ago we learned that hoopla digital was added to the Apple TV, Android TV, and the Fire TV. Today they launched an app on Roku Players and Roku TVs. hoopla digital told Cord Cutters News that this is an early “sneak peek” version of their Roku Channel. With this Roku Channel, you…

  • hoopla digital Unveils a New eReader for Picture Books and Read-Alongs

    hoopla digital Unveils a New eReader for Picture Books and Read-Alongs

    hoopla digital and your public library just got a lot better. Today hoopla digital unveiled a dynamic new eReader with specialized features to present picture books and read-alongs for kids. The new eReader showcases content from Disney, HarperCollins, Lerner, Charlesbridge and Britannica including picture books like Pete the Cat and Fancy Nancy and read-alongs like Olaf’s Frozen Adventure and Disney-Pixar’s Coco, which is available in…