Dex and NTN Buzztime Celebrate Football Season With Trivia and Giveaways in Four Cities
15 October 2009 - 12:41AM
PR Newswire (US)
DexKnows.com will hold Mobile Trivia Contests in more than 350 bars
and restaurants in Chicago, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Seattle DENVER,
Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quick: which Chicago Bears
defensive lineman scored a touchdown in Super Bowl XX? What year
did the Minnesota Vikings franchise begin? These and other
questions will challenge trivia fans and provide chances to win
prizes at restaurants in several cities during a football season
partnership between Dex and NTN Buzztime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NTN).
Throughout October, Dex and Buzztime, the market leader in
interactive venue-based sports, trivia and casual games, will host
trivia contests in more than 350 restaurants and bars in Chicago,
Minneapolis, Phoenix and Seattle. To celebrate the start of
football season, questions will focus on each city's gridiron team.
Participants will be asked to visit DexKnows.comĀ® - Dex's popular
online local search tool - on their mobile devices at
m.dexknows.com to find the answers. Each participant will have a
chance to win various prizes. "Through our partnership with
Buzztime, DexKnows.com for mobile offers consumers both a complete
local search experience and the chance to have some fun by winning
cool prizes while out-and-about," said Deborah Eldred, director of
mobile and personalization, Dex. "After the contest, DexKnows.com
for mobile can help folks determine where to go next, making it
easy for them to plan the rest of their night on the town." "With
the capabilities of DexKnows.com, thousands of sports trivia fans
will get to utilize Buzztime's network to challenge each other with
their knowledge," said Terry Bateman, CEO, NTN Buzztime. "This is
the true essence of Buzztime's sports trivia games - inspiring a
casually competitive spirit in a social setting - and now fans can
use their phones." The agreement with Buzztime is the latest
high-profile partnership associated with DexKnows.com for mobile.
Recently, Dex hosted contests with the Denver Broncos and Colorado
Rockies, arming fans of both teams with game tickets, souvenirs and
more. Dex also recently teamed with Tribune Media Services to bring
movie information and ticket purchasing to DexKnows.com mobile
users. DexKnows.com for mobile is available in several variations.
In addition to the mobile site DexKnows.com is also available in
app form for the iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry and other smart
phones. About Dex Dex is part of R.H. Donnelley (OTC:RHDC), which
connects businesses and consumers through its portfolio of print
and interactive marketing solutions. Small- and medium-sized
businesses look to the company's experienced team of marketing
consultants to help them grow their businesses and drive sales
leads. Consumers depend on the company's reliable, trusted, local
business content to deliver the most relevant search results when
they are seeking local goods and services. For more information,
visit http://www.dexknows.com/ and http://www.rhd.com/. About NTN
Buzztime, Inc NTN Buzztime, Inc., a leader in interactive
entertainment for 25 years, is based in Carlsbad, Calif. Buzztime
is distributed in-home and out-of-home across broadband platforms
including online, mobile, satellite TV and in more than 4,000
restaurants, sports bars and pubs throughout North America. 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 current views of future
events and operations including but not limited to expectations
regarding products, games, events, level of participation, sites
and participant acceptance of products. 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. For example, there can be no
assurance that our products will be widely accepted or that any
games or sites will be successful. Other risks and uncertainties
include risks associated with Buzztime's recent management
transition, significant losses, ability to grow the out-of-home
Buzztime iTV network and implement other business strategies, the
risk of changing economic conditions, 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 on the date hereof.
These statements speak only as of the date hereof, and may or may
not be revised in the future. DATASOURCE: R.H. Donnelley CONTACT:
Peter Larmey of Dex and R.H. Donnelley, +1-919-297-1521, Web Site:
http://www.dexknows.com/ http://www.rhd.com/
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