NTN Buzztime, Inc. Launches New Sports Network in Time for Football Season

NTN Buzztime, Inc. Launches New Sports Network in Time for Football Season

Weekly fantasy football league leads programming

CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NTN Buzztime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NTN) is reinventing the fantasy football world with the launch of its new Sports Network. The new network features four popular interactive games geared towards driving a younger demographic into Buzztime's more than 4,000 bar and restaurant locations. Starting September 9, sports fans will have a new, social way to enjoy the 2009 football season and many of their favorite sporting events.

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Fantasy Football leads the programming on Buzztime's Sports Network. This game offers a one-of-a-kind fantasy football league and is aimed at avid game watchers and the more casual sports fan. Fantasy Football is based on professional football and will feature a weekly draft night. By allowing players to select a new team each week, Buzztime hopes to draw a more inclusive set of participants, who will ultimately visit their favorite Buzztime venue twice a week - once to make their selections and then again to watch the game.

The network launch also includes the start of a new game, Pick 'Em, which lets users predict the outcome of all of the upcoming week's football match-ups. Buzztime will rank Pick 'Em players locally and nationally and highlight those that are the best game predictors.

Both Fantasy Football and Pick 'Em will be a part of Buzztime's Wednesday Night Football Promotion, which aims to drive mid-week business at its restaurant and bar locations. During September and October, those who try out the new games will be entered to win one of 500 weekly prizes.

Buzztime's Sports Network also includes the continuation of two Buzztime favorites: QB1, a time-honored game on which Buzztime built its legacy, and Sports Trivia, a popular general sports trivia game.

   --  The popular QB1 game will move from the general trivia network to the       new Sports Network. Played on nationally televised NFL game-days, this       one tests players' skills on predicting the quarterback's every move.       Buzztime players will have until the snap of the ball to enter their       best guess and will be ranked nationally based on the number of       correct predictions.    --  Sports Trivia is moving from Buzztime's Trivia Network so that players       can enjoy trivia during draft night and while watching the games. Just       for the pigskin season, Buzztime will infuse this long-time favorite       with football-specific trivia.    

The new Sports Network will be offered to Buzztime's over 4,000 bar and restaurants at no additional charge in the ongoing effort to help boost its partners' business. By reaching a younger market and driving traffic on traditionally slow days, Buzztime hopes to help its partners gain new regulars and keep patrons in their venues for longer periods of time.

About NTN Buzztime, Inc

NTN Buzztime, Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment for 25 years, is based in Carlsbad, Calif. Buzztime is distributed in-home and out-of-home across broadband platforms including online, mobile, satellite TV and in more than 4,000 restaurants, sports bars and pubs throughout North America. For more information, please visit www.buzztime.com.

Buzztime is a proud member of the OVAB |Out-of-home Video Advertising Bureau.

Buzztime is a registered trademark of Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. and Playmaker is a registered trademark of NTN Buzztime, Inc.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements which reflect management's current views of future events and operations including but not limited to expectations regarding our products, product innovations, and product popularity, subscriber and participant preferences, demographics, frequency and duration of visits, player participation and engagement and resulting business impact or results of marketing strategies. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For example, there can be no assurance that our products or product innovations will be widely accepted or drive the expected level of participation or business, or appeal to any particular demographic. Other risks and uncertainties include risks associated with our recent management transition, our significant losses, our ability to grow our out-of-home Buzztime iTV network and implement our other business strategies, 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. Please see NTN Buzztime, Inc.'s recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information about these and other risks that may affect the Company. 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, Inc. 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.

   MEDIA CONTACT:   Katy Harrison, Bailey Gardiner   619-295-8232 x103   katy@baileygardiner.com  

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: summer.henderson@buzztime.com

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Source: NTN Buzztime, Inc.

CONTACT: Katy Harrison of Bailey Gardiner, +1-619-295-8232, ext. 103,
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Web Site: http://www.buzztime.com/

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