Dan Sweeney Joins NTN's Buzztime Entertainment as Senior Vice President of Distribution; Former Gemstar/TV Guide Executive Brings 22 Years of Cable TV Experience to Position.

Business Editors

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2001

Buzztime Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of NTN Communications Inc. (AMEX:NTN) and a leading interactive game content developer and distributor, today announced that Dan Sweeney has joined Buzztime Entertainment as senior vice president of distribution.

The addition of Sweeney will propel Buzztime Entertainment forward in its mission to make BUZZTIME the leading interactive entertainment television channel.

As senior vice president of distribution, Sweeney will immediately focus on developing and negotiating distribution agreements for the BUZZTIME trivia channel with the nation's cable television affiliates. Sweeney will also oversee Buzztime Entertainment's strategic marketing initiatives designed to increase the value of the BUZZTIME channel to cable affiliates and their digital subscribers.

Sweeney comes to Buzztime Entertainment from Gemstar/TV Guide Inc., a global media and technology company focused on developing, licensing and providing products and services for consumer entertainment, where he served as senior vice president. Most recently, he was responsible for national account management, affiliate relations and local ad sales for the TV Guide Channel, Sneak Prevue, TV Guide magazine, TV Guide Interactive, WGN and TVG (paramutual wagering channel). Sweeney's diverse background and extensive experience within the cable industry more than qualifies him to help drive Buzztime Entertainment's new cable television initiatives.

Sweeney brings more than 22 years of cable television expertise including cable system operations, pay television sales, MSO corporate marketing, basic cable network management, and interactive television sales and marketing. His experience base will fortify Buzztime Entertainment's efforts to further strengthen its interactive television and cable TV relationships and increase revenue.

"Dan has a proven track record of increasing distribution and profits for new cable content companies," said Tyrone Lam, president, Buzztime Entertainment. "Dan's success in building the interactive business for TV Guide combined with the market value of the BUZZTIME cable channel are key contributors to the Buzztime Entertainment business plan."

"As a former cable operator, I was excited by the BUZZTIME channel's potential to reduce digital churn, create a new revenue stream for cable systems and offer cross-promotion opportunities by reaching into NTN's existing network of 3,500 restaurants and sports bars," said Sweeney. "NTN's/Buzztime Entertainment's 15 years of experience has resulted in a simple, entertaining iTV channel that has mass-appeal and significant daily usage that the cable industry is ready to take advantage of."

Prior to Gemstar/TV Guide Inc., Sweeney served as vice president for TV Guide Networks (Formerly Prevue Networks), where he assembled, trained and directed national and international sales and affiliate relations staff, and increased distribution of the TV Guide Channel and introduced the Sneak Prevue PPV promotional channel. Sweeney has also held several integral positions with Cooke Cablevision Inc., Showtime Networks and Continental Cablevision.

About NTN Communications Inc.

Based in Carlsbad, NTN Communications Inc. (AMEX:NTN) is the parent corporation of the NTN Network division and Buzztime Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary.

About Buzztime Entertainment Inc.

Buzztime Entertainment Inc., with investment from Scientific-Atlanta Inc., produces BUZZTIME(TM), the interactive television trivia channel, and live sports predictions games such as QB1(R) Predict the Play(TM) from its interactive television broadcast studio in Carlsbad. Buzztime Entertainment owns and produces a 15-year interactive game library that includes the world's largest database of iTV trivia questions. Buzztime's partners include: Scientific-Atlanta, AT&T Interactive Television, Microsoft, Sun Java TV, Yahoo!, EA.com, National Hockey League, Warner Bros. Online, Nickelodeon and the NTN Network of 3,500 restaurants and sports bars.

About NTN Network

The NTN Network is the largest out-of-home interactive television network in the world. Through NTN's Digital Interactive Television (DITV) technology, the NTN Network broadcasts entertainment and sports programming engaging more than 1.9 million players and reaching more than 6 million unique consumers each month in approximately 3,000 national hospitality locations such as TGIFriday's, Damon's, BW3, Bennigan's and others, as well as more than 500 locations in Canada.