1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Basis Of Presentation Policies
Description of Business	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 patrons. The Company has evolved from a content developer and distributor to an interactive entertainment network provider that helps the hospitality venues that subscribe to the Company’s network acquire, engage and retain their patrons. The Company primarily 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. The Company’s games are currently available in over 3,400 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
Basis of Accounting Presentation	Basis of Accounting Presentation The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial statements and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments that are necessary, which are of a normal and recurring nature, for a fair presentation for the periods presented of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company 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. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The accompanying condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2012 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be anticipated for the entire year ending December 31, 2013, or any other period. The United States dollar is the Company’s functional currency, except for its operations in Canada where the functional currency is the Canadian dollar. The financial position and results of operations of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using the foreign subsidiary’s local currency as the functional currency. In accordance with ASC No. 830, Foreign Currency Matters, revenues and expenses of our foreign subsidiaries have been translated into U.S. dollars at weighted average exchange rates prevailing during the period. Assets and liabilities have been translated at the rates of exchange on the balance sheet date. The resulting translation gain and loss adjustments are recorded as a separate component of shareholders’ equity, unless there is a sale or complete liquidation of the underlying foreign investments. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred. The Company recorded $7,000 in foreign currency gains and $19,000 in foreign currency losses for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, due to settlements of intercompany transactions, re-measurement of intercompany balances with the Company’s Canadian subsidiary and other non-functional currency denominated transactions, which are included in other income (expense), net in the accompanying statements of operations. Exchange rate fluctuations between the United States dollar and Canadian dollar may affect the Company’s results of operations and period-to-period comparisons of its operating results. The Company does not currently engage in hedging or similar transactions to reduce these risks. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the net impact to the Company’s results of operations from the effect of exchange rate fluctuations was immaterial when compared to the exchange rates for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

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 patrons. The Company has evolved from a content developer and distributor to an interactive entertainment network provider that helps the hospitality venues that subscribe to the Company’s network acquire, engage and retain their patrons. The Company primarily 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. The Company’s games are currently available in over 3,400 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Basis of Accounting Presentation

Basis of Accounting Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial statements and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments that are necessary, which are of a normal and recurring nature, for a fair presentation for the periods presented of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company 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. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The accompanying condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2012 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be anticipated for the entire year ending December 31, 2013, or any other period.

The United States dollar is the Company’s functional currency, except for its operations in Canada where the functional currency is the Canadian dollar. The financial position and results of operations of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using the foreign subsidiary’s local currency as the functional currency. In accordance with ASC No. 830, Foreign Currency Matters, revenues and expenses of our foreign subsidiaries have been translated into U.S. dollars at weighted average exchange rates prevailing during the period. Assets and liabilities have been translated at the rates of exchange on the balance sheet date. The resulting translation gain and loss adjustments are recorded as a separate component of shareholders’ equity, unless there is a sale or complete liquidation of the underlying foreign investments. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred. The Company recorded $7,000 in foreign currency gains and $19,000 in foreign currency losses for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, due to settlements of intercompany transactions, re-measurement of intercompany balances with the Company’s Canadian subsidiary and other non-functional currency denominated transactions, which are included in other income (expense), net in the accompanying statements of operations. Exchange rate fluctuations between the United States dollar and Canadian dollar may affect the Company’s results of operations and period-to-period comparisons of its operating results. The Company does not currently engage in hedging or similar transactions to reduce these risks. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the net impact to the Company’s results of operations from the effect of exchange rate fluctuations was immaterial when compared to the exchange rates for the three months ended March 31, 2012.