UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                                 Date of Report
                        (Date of earliest event reported)
                                 January 4, 2006

                               NTN BUZZTIME, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                    001-11460                   31-1103425
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

   5966 La Place Court
   Carlsbad, California                                              92008
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip Code)

                                 (760) 438-7400
              (Registrant's telephone number, including Area Code)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Effective  January 4, 2006,  Adrian A.  Pace,  resigned  from his position
    as a Director of the Company  for health  reasons.  In  connection with the
    resignation,  the Board reduced the authorized number of directors from
    eight members to seven members.

(c) Not applicable.

(d) Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          NTN BUZZTIME, INC.

                                          By:/s/ Stanley B. Kinsey
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                                                 Stanley B. Kinsey
                                              Chief Executive Officer

Date:  January 6, 2006