NTN Communications Announces First Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Conference Call

NTN Communications Announces First Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Conference Call

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NTN Communications, Inc. (AMEX:NTN), a leader in interactive communications and entertainment products for the home and for the hospitality industry, will release its first quarter 2005 results on Tuesday, May 10, 2005. The Company plans to issue a press release announcing its results prior to the opening of the market. A conference call to review the first quarter earnings is also scheduled for the same day at 1:00 p.m. EDT. The call is open to the public and will be hosted by Stanley B. Kinsey, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, James Frakes, Chief Financial Officer, Mark deGorter, President and Chief Operating Officer of NTN Hospitality Technologies, and Ty Lam, President and Chief Operating Officer of Buzztime Entertainment, Inc.

Investors may access the teleconference call by dialing (800) 795-1259 approximately 15 minutes prior to the starting time and ask to be connected to the NTN Communications Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. International callers please dial (785) 832-0326. This call is also being simultaneously webcast and can be accessed at NTN Communications' web site at www.ntn.com.

A replay will be available beginning on May 10, 2005 following the conclusion of the call through May 24, 2005 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Please dial (800) 839-4198. International callers please dial (402) 220-2988.

An archive of the webcast will also be available on the Company's Web site at www.ntn.com.

About NTN Communications

Based in Carlsbad, CA, NTN Communications, Inc. is the parent corporation of the NTN Hospitality Technologies segment and Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary. The NTN Hospitality Technologies segment, which focuses on the out-of-home hospitality industries, is comprised of the NTN interactive television (iTV) Network, NTN Wireless Communications, Inc., and NTN Software Solutions, Inc. The iTV Network is the largest out of home interactive entertainment network in the world and provides a promotional service to our hospitality customers. Through NTN's digital interactive technology, the NTN iTV Network delivers entertainment and sports programming engaging more than 1.7 million players and reaching more than 6 million unique customers each month in approximately 3,700 North American hospitality locations such as Applebee's, Bennigan's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Damon's Grill, TGIFriday's, and others. NTN Wireless(TM) manufactures, sells, and repairs paging equipment to over 2,800 restaurants, as well as providing on site messaging solutions for hospitals, church and synagogue nurseries, salons, business offices and retail establishments. NTN Software Solutions includes ProHost, our table management software product, and RSViP, our reservation management product. NTN Hospitality Technologies provides services to leading restaurants such as The Cheesecake Factory, Darden Restaurants, Domino's Pizza, Gaylord Entertainment, Logan's Roadhouse, MGM MIRAGE, O'Charley's, and more. Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. produces Buzztime(R), the interactive trivia channel, and live sports prediction games such as QB1(R) from its live interactive broadcast studio. Buzztime's partners include: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Media General, Inc., Airborne Entertainment and the National Football League.

For further information, please contact James Frakes, Chief Financial Officer of NTN Communications, Inc., +1-888-752-9686, ext. 1263, James.Frakes@ntn.com.

Source: NTN Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: James Frakes, Chief Financial Officer of NTN Communications, Inc. +1-888-752-9686, ext. 1263, James.Frakes@ntn.com

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

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