NTN's Buzztime(R) Launches New Trivia Game Service With Canada's Largest Digital TV Provider

NTN's Buzztime(R) Launches New Trivia Game Service With Canada's Largest Digital TV Provider

New Subscription Service Adds Player Rankings Between Households, Multiple Game Formats, Richer Graphics and a Pay-Per-Day Payment Option

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc. (AMEX:NTN), announced today the launch of a new and enhanced Buzztime Trivia game subscription service to subscribers with Bell ExpressVu, Canada's largest digital TV provider.

The new Buzztime Trivia service includes a richer visual experience and two options for play -- single player mode and multiple players in the home competing in Buzztime's Pass-the-Remote(R) mode. The single player mode also includes the ability for players to see their score on Buzztime's in-game Leader Board. Players enter their final game score on the web and if their score is among the top 25 players in that game, their player name will appear in the Buzztime Leader Board.

The product launch is part of an expanded license agreement between Bell ExpressVu and Buzztime that also includes additional development responsibilities. The Buzztime Trivia service replaces the NTN Trivia service that was developed by Bell ExpressVu under their preexisting license agreement with NTN Interactive Network, Inc., NTN Communications' former Canadian distributor.

Bell ExpressVu subscribers can choose from either a CDN $3.00 monthly subscription or a CDN $1.50 pay-per-day option. The payment is added to the subscriber's existing monthly billing statement.

"After almost a year of research, design and development, we are proud of what we have delivered," said Tyrone Lam, president and COO, Buzztime Entertainment. "The addition of the Buzztime brand also allows us to tie into the other current and future Buzztime-branded game services that will be offered to the Canadian players via the NTN restaurant and sports bar network, mobile phones and the Buzztime Home Trivia System(TM) that will soon be available in Canadian retail outlets."

For more information on the service and how to subscribe to Buzztime Trivia on Bell ExpressVu go to: www.bell.ca/interactiveTV

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.

For further information, please contact:

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

This release contains forward-looking statements which reflect management's current views of future events and operations, including, but not limited to, statements pertaining to the availability and success of Buzztime Trivia on Bell ExpressVu, the ability to sell games as a subscription and pay-per-day service and the development and availability of future games and services on multiple media platforms. 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.

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/ http://www.bell.ca/interactiveTV

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