New Buzztime(R) Single-Player Games for Cable TV Increase Player Usage by Over 100%

New Buzztime(R) Single-Player Games for Cable TV Increase Player Usage by Over 100%

Expanding Buzztime Play Along TV(R) Channel Beyond Trivia Game Shows Has Doubled Usage in Four Existing Cable Systems

CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc. (AMEX:NTN), announced today that the average monthly usage of the Buzztime Channel for cable TV has doubled in four existing cable systems with the recent addition of the first series of Buzztime single-player games. The player usage results are averaged over the first 90 days of availability across the four cable systems offering the expanded Buzztime Channel to their digital cable TV subscribers.

Buzztime's iTV game service for cable TV was enhanced this year by adding the six new single-player game selections to the existing multiplayer Buzztime Trivia Channel that enables real-time game show competitions. The six new games are: Poker, Checkers, Hexagone(TM), Jungle-Bop(TM), Memory and Solitaire.

"Our research showed that our players wanted more games and this proves it," said Tyrone Lam, president of Buzztime Entertainment. "We want to continuously increase the value of Buzztime to our loyal players as well as bring in new players with an array of innovative Play Along TV games."

In an industry first, Buzztime launched the Buzztime Trivia Channel in 2002 to digital cable TV subscribers with six continuous categories of multiplayer game show content which enabled real-time competitions among players across multiple cable systems. The service was enhanced in 2005 to include six single-player games, including Solitaire, Checkers, Jungle Bop and Hexagone, featuring the ability for players to post their high scores for viewing by other players.

About Buzztime Entertainment

Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc. (AMEX:NTN), develops and distributes multiplayer and single player games for television. Buzztime's trivia and play-along sports games have been available to millions of players in restaurants and sports bars via the NTN iTV Network for almost 20 years. The company owns one of the world's largest databases of iTV trivia and operates an interactive broadcast studio where it produces multiplayer trivia game shows, live sports prediction games -- such as QB1(R) Predict the Play(R) football -- popular arcade and classic games across iTV, mobile and PC platforms. Buzztime Entertainment has agreements with Media General, Inc., Comcast Cable, ICTV, Cadaco, Airborne Entertainment, DTI Software, Square One Publishers and the National Football League. Buzztime Entertainment's iTV studio and broadcast operations center are headquartered in Carlsbad, California. The company website is located at www.buzztime.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements which reflect management's current views of future events and operations including but not limited to continuing trends in player usage and preferences. These statements are all based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include the risk of changing economic conditions, failure of product demand or market acceptance of both existing and new products, delays in closing of sales or agreements, unforeseen and uncontrollable increases in expenses or costs and the impact of competitive products and pricing. Other important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements are discussed in the "Risk Factors" section and other sections of NTN's Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based on information available to us on the date hereof. These statements speak only as of the date hereof, and NTN does not undertake to publicly update or revise any of its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes show that the indicated results or events will not be realized.

For further information, please contact:

Andy Wrobel
Chief Financial Officer
NTN Communications, Inc.
(888) 752-9686
Andy.Wrobel@ntn.com

Source: NTN Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: Andy Wrobel, Chief Financial Officer of NTN Communications,
Inc., +1-888-752-9686, andy.wrobel@ntn.com

Web site: http://www.buzztime.com/

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