Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

ELLIN ROBERT S

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 7/29/2019

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

NTN BUZZTIME INC [NTN]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O TRINAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 269 SOUTH BEVERLY DRIVE, SUITE #1450

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $0.005 par value	151512	D
Common Stock, $0.005 par value	139493 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Represents shares of the Issuer's common stock owned by Trinad Capital Master Fund, Ltd. ("Trinad Capital"), as the Reporting Person, the Portfolio Manager of Trinad Capital, is deemed to have sole voting and dispositive power over such shares.
(2)	Each of the Reporting Person, Trinad Capital and Trinad Capital Management, LLC ("Trinad Management") disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except for the (i) personal and direct beneficial ownership of the Reporting Person as reported herein, (ii) direct beneficial ownership of Trinad Capital as reported herein, (iii) indirect interest of Trinad Management by virtue of being the Managing Director of Trinad Capital, (iv) indirect interest of the Reporting Person by virtue of being the Managing Member of Trinad Management, (v) indirect interest of the Reporting Person by virtue of being a shareholder and Portfolio Manager of Trinad Capital, and (vi) Reporting Person's and Trinad Management's pecuniary interest in the securities reported herein as directly beneficially owned by Trinad Capital.
(3)	This report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person and/or Trinad Management is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ELLIN ROBERT S C/O TRINAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 269 SOUTH BEVERLY DRIVE, SUITE #1450 BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212		X

Signatures
/s/ Robert S. Ellin		7/31/2019
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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