NTN Buzztime, Inc. Ends Year With Record Number of iTV Entertainment Customers

NTN Buzztime, Inc. Ends Year With Record Number of iTV Entertainment Customers

Company Surpasses the 4,000-Site Milestone for Restaurant and Sports Bar Subscribers

CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NTN Buzztime, Inc. (AMEX:NTN), a leader in interactive television entertainment and technology, announced today that it ended 2005 with 4,019 restaurants and sports bar customers in North America, the highest site count in the Company's history. The continued growth of the iTV Network was driven primarily by strong marketing and sales efforts and new programming.

"Reaching the 4,000 site milestone is a major achievement for our company and our employees," said Stanley Kinsey, Chairman and CEO of NTN Buzztime, Inc. "The sales, marketing and product initiatives we are putting in place continue to increase the effectiveness of our sales and retention efforts."

The Company announced on January 4, 2006 that the NTN iTV Network will be completely re-branded as the Buzztime Network by the end of March 2006. This will complete the consumer-focused re-branding strategy of all of the Company's entertainment products under the Buzztime brand, to enable cross-promotion between the restaurants and sports bars, cable TV, satellite TV, retail electronic games, mobile phone games and publications.

About NTN Buzztime, Inc.

NTN Buzztime, Inc. (AMEX:NTN) is a leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for massive audiences on numerous consumer platforms. Millions of people are exposed to the Buzztime Network every month in over 4,000 restaurants, sports bars and pubs throughout the U.S., Canada and the UK. Originating from the Buzztime iTV Studio in Carlsbad, CA for over 20 years, the Network includes trivia game shows, card games, live sports games, polling and other games that enable a virtually unlimited number of people to play live competitions against one another for fun, prizes and fame. Buzztime's programming is also available on cable TV, satellite TV, mobile phones, electronic home games, portable travel games and as a trivia book series. The Company also owns and operates NTN Hospitality Technologies which develops, sells and services software and technology that increase productivity and sales in casual dining restaurants. For more information, please see www.ntnbuzztime.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements which reflect management's current views of future events and operations including but not limited to effectiveness of sales, marketing and retention strategies. 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.

CONTACT:
Andy Wrobel
Chief Financial Officer
NTN Buzztime, Inc.
(888) 752-9686
andy.wrobel@ntn.com

Source: NTN Buzztime, Inc.

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

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

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