NTN Buzztime Inc. Appoints Michael J. Bush to Its Board of Directors

CARLSBAD, Calif., September 14, 2009 - NTN Buzztime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NTN) today announced that Michael J. Bush, President and CEO of 3 Day Blinds, Inc. has been appointed to its Board of Directors and will join its Nominating, Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee and its Audit Committee. 

Mr. Bush has had a significant career in change management, turnarounds and business growth. He joined 3 Day Blinds two years ago in the latest of these endeavors, working in partnership with Texas Pacific Group and Rosewood Capital. His experience includes changing business models, brand development and building successful management teams. 

Prior to 3 Day Blinds, Mr. Bush was President and Chief Executive Anchor Blue Retail Group, a 175 store chain of youth oriented apparel stores and Levi’s and Dockers’ Outlets by MOST, a 80 store chain of outlet stores selling Levi Strauss & Company apparel in outlet malls. Mr. Bush participated as an investor with Sun Capital Partners in the November 2003 buyout of Anchor Blue and by the end of 2005 had returned over 40 times the initial equity investment to the investors. 

Before Anchor Blue, Mr. Bush was President and Chief Executive of Bally North America, a member of the Board of Directors of Bally International AG, the parent company for Bally and Senior Vice President of Global Re-engineering. During his time at Bally, Mr. Bush was instrumental in restructuring the global operations of Bally as part of a turn around plan. While working on global re-engineering, Mr. Bush also managed the North American operations for Bally which included wholesale, retail, distribution and merchandising operations.

Prior to Bally, Mr. Bush was Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Movado Group, Inc., a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of wristwatches. During this period Movado achieved record sales, profits and market valuation. Mr. Bush joined Movado from Ross Stores where he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning, Business Development and Marketing. He began his career at Bain & Company in San Francisco where he worked for 6 years primarily focusing on retail and consumer goods companies.

Mr. Bush currently serves as a director of Ross Stores, a Fortune 500 company, and Technoserve, a global not-for-profit enterprise involved in economic development in Africa and Latin America. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

"The Company is very fortunate to have Michael Bush joining the Board. His experience in corporate turnarounds, re-engineering and growth strategies will make him an outstanding resource for the Board and management, including myself, to draw upon as we seek to re-engineer some of our own processes, exploit significant opportunities for growth and build enterprise value for shareholders,” said Terry Bateman, CEO of NTN.

About NTN Buzztime, Inc.

NTN Buzztime, Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment for 25 years, is based in Carlsbad, CA. Buzztime is distributed in-home and out-of-home across broadband platforms including online, cable TV, satellite TV and in approximately 4,000 restaurants, sports bars and pubs throughout North America. Buzztime entertainment is also available on electronic games and in books. For more information, please visit http://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. 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. These risks and uncertainties include uncertainty regarding our future capital needs, risks associated with the current economic downturn, our significant losses, our ability to grow our out-of-home Buzztime iTV network and implement our other business strategies, our management transition, 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.

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