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NTN Communications Introduces PlayCall(TM) Game Pager CARLSBAD, Calif., May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NTN Hospitality Technologies, a division of NTN Communications, Inc. , a leader in interactive communications and entertainment products for the home and for the hospitality industry, today announced the introduction of PlayCall(TM), the first guest pager that doubles as a game player."Our vision, and the objective of our Hospitality 360 initiative, has been to understand our customer's ever-growing and diverse needs and develop new products to meet those needs," stated Mark deGorter, President and Chief Operating Officer of the NTN Hospitality Technologies division. "By bringing together our leading interactive entertainment and wireless communications products, I believe we have created another product that differentiates NTN from the rest of the wireless paging market. The introduction of PlayCall is the latest step in our move to fully integrate our entertainment, wireless and software products to create unique, integrated solutions to our customers." In addition to NTN's broadly deployed iTV Network, the PlayCall pager is a second entertainment product from NTN that will assist in encouraging patrons to stay at the restaurant during the wait period. To discourage patrons from leaving with the pager, PlayCall pagers automatically become disabled when the pager is removed from the waiting area. A clear warning label on the product indicates that feature. The product works independent of the iTV Network system and the iTV Network is not required for the product to function. The NTN Hospitality Technologies division has in the past two years evolved from being a provider of a promotional interactive game service, to being a full-service interactive technology solutions provider to the hospitality industry. The evolution has resulted from an acquisition strategy which culminated in the creation of the NTN Wireless Communications, Inc. and NTN Software Solutions, Inc. business segments. This strategy, in addition to adding new products, has allowed the Company to provide a full suite of services that improve hospitality venue revenue, operational efficiency and profitability. About NTN Communications, Inc. Based in Carlsbad, CA, NTN Communications, Inc. is the parent corporation of the NTN Hospitality Technologies segment and Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary. The NTN Hospitality Technologies segment, which focuses on the out-of-home hospitality industries, is comprised of the NTN interactive television (iTV) Network, NTN Wireless Communications, Inc., and NTN Software Solutions, Inc. The iTV Network is the largest out of home interactive entertainment network in the world and provides a promotional service to our hospitality customers. Through NTN's digital interactive technology, the NTN iTV Network delivers entertainment and sports programming engaging more than 1.7 million players and reaching more than 6 million unique customers each month in approximately 3,500 North American hospitality locations such as Applebee's, Bennigan's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Damon's Grill, TGIFriday's, and others. NTN Wireless(TM) manufactures, sells, and repairs paging equipment to over 2,800 restaurants, as well as providing on site messaging solutions for hospitals, church and synagogue nurseries, salons, business offices and retail establishments. NTN Software Solutions includes the gift and loyalty card program along with Vision(TM), a POS management system, and Enterprise(TM), an Internet communications management solution. NTN Hospitality Technologies provides services to leading restaurants such as The Cheesecake Factory, Darden Restaurants, Domino's Pizza, Gaylord Entertainment, Logan's Roadhouse, MGM MIRAGE, O'Charley's, and more. Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. produces Buzztime(R), the interactive trivia channel, and live sports prediction games such as QB1(R) from its live interactive broadcast studio. Buzztime's partners include: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Liberate Technologies, Media General, Inc., EchoStar, ICTV and the National Football League. Except for historical references, 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 introduction of the PlayCall(TM) game pager, future integration of our entertainment, wireless and software products in the hospitality industry, perfection of the pending patent, and our ability to create unique, integrated solutions to our customers, all of which are subject to risks and uncertainties including the risks of changing economic conditions, product demand and market acceptance, 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 for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the Company's Prospectus Supplement dated January 27, 2004 to the registration statement on Form S-3, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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 John P. Salvador, Director, Investor Relations of NTN Communications, Inc., +1-888-752-9686, ext. 1180, [email protected]. NTN Communications, Inc. CONTACT: John P. Salvador, Director, Investor Relations of NTNCommunications, Inc., +1-888-752-9686, ext. 1180, [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |