A&E Television Networks and Buzztime(R) Announce The History Channel(R) iTV Trivia Competition on Digital Cable

A&E Television Networks and Buzztime(R) Announce The History Channel(R) iTV Trivia Competition on Digital Cable

September Trivia Event Designed to Drive Tune-In for The History Channel and Usage of Digital Cable and VOD for Participating Operators

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A&E Television Networks and Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc. (AMEX:NTN), have partnered for an interactive promotion, a trivia game for The History Channel(R) which will run on the Buzztime Trivia Channel, featuring weekly prizes and a sweepstakes. Designed to help drive tune-in to The History Channel, and in select markets to The History Channel VOD content, the trivia game will be held in September 2005, reaching digital cable TV homes through Buzztime's distribution on Comcast Cable Communications, Time Warner Cable and Susquehanna Communications.

"Players of The History Channel interactive game will be rewarded for correct answers and high scores when they play along with Buzztime Trivia. The event is designed to drive viewer demand both to The History Channel and to our brand," said Tyrone Lam, President, Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. "Through this partnership we have created a promotion that illustrates to our affiliates the untapped potential of gaming on digital cable and how it can be employed to drive business as well as entertain their subscribers."

"We are confident that this innovative partnership with Buzztime will continue to extend The History Channel brand into the interactive space and will help drive viewership to our linear programming as well as to our VOD content," said Walter Oden, Vice President, Distribution and Business Development, Affiliate Sales and Marketing, A&E Television Networks. "Passionate viewers of The History Channel will now be able to experience and enjoy the richness of our content through these advanced platforms."

During the month of September, The History Channel interactive trivia contest will be hosted on the Buzztime Trivia Channel. Over the course of the month players will have a chance to demonstrate their knowledge of history, have fun competing against the other players in their community, and receive prizes for achieving high scores.

About A&E Television Networks

A&E Television Networks, a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, ABC, Inc. and NBC, is an award-winning, international media company offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television programming, to home videos/DVDs and music CDs, to Web sites, as well as supporting nationwide educational initiatives. AETN is comprised of A&E Network-USA, The History Channel(R), Military History Channel(TM), The Biography Channel(R), History International(R), The History Channel en espanol(TM), Crime & Investigation Network(TM), AETN Consumer Products and AETN International. The A&E Network-USA Web site is located at www.aetv.com, the Biography Web site at www.biography.com and The History Channel Web site at www.history.com.

About Buzztime Entertainment

Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc. (AMEX:NTN), develops and distributes multiplayer 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, the National Football League and others. 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. 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:

Kerri Tarmey, A&E Television Networks, 212-551-1504 or kerri.tarmey@aetn.com

Andy Wrobel, NTN Buzztime, 888-752-9686 or Andy.Wrobel@ntn.com

Source: NTN Communications

CONTACT: Kerri Tarmey of A&E Television Networks, +1-212-551-1504, kerri.tarmey@aetn.com; or Andy Wrobel of NTN Buzztime, +1-888-752-9686, Andy.Wrobel@ntn.com

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

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

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

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