NTN Buzztime Rebrands its Popular Restaurant and Sports Bar Network as the 'Buzztime Network'

NTN Buzztime Rebrands its Popular Restaurant and Sports Bar Network as the 'Buzztime Network'

Name Change Enables Cross-Promotions to Buzztime Game Players on Cable TV, Satellite TV, Mobile Phones, Electronic Games and the Internet

Launch Coincides with New Corporate Website at www.buzztime.com

LAS VEGAS, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NTN Buzztime, Inc. (AMEX:NTN) announced today at the International Nightclub & Bar/Beverage Retailer/Beverage & Food Convention and Trade Show, the largest trade show for the industry, that they have re-branded their NTN iTV restaurant and sports bar interactive game network as the "Buzztime Network."

The Buzztime Network is now operating in over 4,000 restaurants and sports bars in North America and the United Kingdom, and seen or played by millions of patrons each month. The re-branding effort completes the extension of the company's Buzztime brand across all platforms on which the company's games are currently deployed, including cable TV, satellite TV, mobile phones, electronic games, card games, books and the internet. The single-brand approach is designed to increase the awareness of the company's interactive entertainment on all platforms and drive more players into the thousands of restaurants and sports bars that subscribe to the Buzztime Network.

"Leveraging the Buzztime name across all of our consumer platforms, including our own iTV Network, will enable us to significantly broaden our reach and create an exciting and memorable entertainment brand," said Stanley Kinsey, Chairman and CEO of NTN Buzztime, Inc. "The pre-launch reaction from our players and partners alike has been extremely positive."

The company's single-brand treatment is designed to:

* Focus the company's marketing reach on one consumer entertainment brand.

* Create a "brand bridge" between all of Buzztime's platforms and players
to drive more product awareness and player loyalty between platforms.

* Leverage Buzztime's licensees' marketing programs within the cable TV,
satellite TV, mobile entertainment, electronic games and internet
industries to drive more awareness, demand and usage of the company's
unique entertainment network in restaurants and sports bars.

* Increase internal efficiencies by creating, producing and buying
creative materials around one brand.

"Last year millions of people were exposed to the Buzztime brand in thousands of retail outlets, in hundreds of newspaper and radio ads, on TV and on their mobile phones. Now we have a bridge to drive those players back to play in our restaurant and sports bars," said Tyrone Lam, president of Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTN Buzztime, Inc. "No other company can claim to have this unique combination of consumer reach. We are now leveraging our expanded distribution and player community to strengthen the company's offerings under a single Buzztime brand."

As of today, the company's corporate and marketing website officially changes to www.buzztime.com. In the coming months, additional features will be added to the new website to tie the brand into all aspects of the player experience.

The Buzztime brand now replaces the NTN brand throughout the Network in restaurants and sports bars including promotions, advertisements, the news and sports ticker, point-of-sale materials, prizes, sale and marketing material as well as the way in which the company communicates to its players and partners. The company's U.K.-based Network in restaurants and pubs was launched earlier this year under the Buzztime Network brand.

About NTN Buzztime, Inc.

Based in Carlsbad, CA, NTN Buzztime, Inc. has been a leader in interactive television entertainment technology and content for over 20 years. The company develops and distributes its Play Along TV(R) games and technology through numerous platforms including cable TV, satellite TV, mobile phones, electronic games, books as well as its own Buzztime Network which is available on TVs in over 4,000 restaurants and sports bars throughout North America and United Kingdom. NTN Buzztime is also the parent corporation of NTN Wireless Communications, Inc., and NTN Software Solutions, Inc. that develop and market technology solutions to the hospitality industry. For more information, please see 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 trends in subscriber preference and engagement and results of marketing 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 and services 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 Buzztime'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 Buzztime 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:

Tyrone Lam
NTN Buzztime, Inc.
(888) 752-9686
Ty@ntnbuzztime.com

Source: NTN Buzztime, Inc.

CONTACT: Tyrone Lam of NTN Buzztime, Inc., +1-888-752-9686,
Ty@ntnbuzztime.com

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

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