1. Organization of Company	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Organization Of Company
NOTE 1. Organization of Company	Description of Business NTN Buzztime, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware in 1984 as Alroy Industries and changed its corporate name to NTN Communications, Inc. in 1985. The Company changed its name to NTN Buzztime, Inc. in 2005 to better reflect the growing role of the Buzztime consumer brand. The Company provides marketing services through interactive game content for hospitality venues that offer the games free to their customers. The Company has evolved from a developer and distributor of content to an interactive entertainment network provider that helps its network subscribers to acquire, engage and retain their patrons. The Company generates revenues by charging subscription fees for its service to its network subscribers and from the sale of advertising aired on in-venue screens as well as in conjunction with customized games. Its games are currently available in over 3,600 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Basis of Accounting Presentation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NTN Buzztime, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: IWN, Inc., IWN, L.P., Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., NTN Wireless Communications, Inc., NTN Software Solutions, Inc., NTN Canada, Inc., and NTN Buzztime, Ltd., all of which, other than NTN Canada, Inc., are dormant subsidiaries. Unless otherwise indicated, references to “NTN,” “we”, “us” and “our” include the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.

1. Organization of Company

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Description of Business

NTN Buzztime, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware in 1984 as Alroy Industries and changed its corporate name to NTN Communications, Inc. in 1985. The Company changed its name to NTN Buzztime, Inc. in 2005 to better reflect the growing role of the Buzztime consumer brand.

The Company provides marketing services through interactive game content for hospitality venues that offer the games free to their customers. The Company has evolved from a developer and distributor of content to an interactive entertainment network provider that helps its network subscribers to acquire, engage and retain their patrons. The Company generates revenues by charging subscription fees for its service to its network subscribers and from the sale of advertising aired on in-venue screens as well as in conjunction with customized games. Its games are currently available in over 3,600 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Basis of Accounting Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NTN Buzztime, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: IWN, Inc., IWN, L.P., Buzztime Entertainment, Inc., NTN Wireless Communications, Inc., NTN Software Solutions, Inc., NTN Canada, Inc., and NTN Buzztime, Ltd., all of which, other than NTN Canada, Inc., are dormant subsidiaries. Unless otherwise indicated, references to “NTN,” “we”, “us” and “our” include the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.