Focus Enhancements to Showcase HD Video on Demand at InfoComm 2007

Released on = June 14, 2007, 12:15 pm

Press Release Author = Ramin Ekhtiar

Industry = Electronics

Press Release Summary = HD Video on Demand joins Live Playout, Scheduled Playout,
Web Export, FTP Push, Disk Publish, and Media Player Store and Forward as ProxSys ®
Media Server Export Options

Press Release Body = Campbell, Calif., June 14, 2007 -- Focus Enhancements Inc.
(NASDAQ: FCSE), a worldwide leader in media management and Ultra Wideband (UWB)
wireless technology, today announced plans to offer a feature-rich standard and high
definition Video on Demand (VOD) system that works with the ProxSys family of media
servers. A working technology demo will be showcased at InfoComm 2007 in Anaheim,
California, June 19 -21.

"ProxSys uniquely supports both signal and file-based media exporting, which makes
it well aligned to the new broadcast model of multiple content delivery choices,"
said Michael Conway, senior vice president of corporate strategy for Focus
Enhancements. "We are pleased to be showing feature-rich video on demand that
expands both our Media Management and Media Delivery product families."

ProxSys Video on Demand features include:

- Distribution of live or stored media from ProxSys Media Server to dedicated set
top boxes via UDP Multicast
- Full integration of HTML content; live UDP streams can be easily embedded into HTML
- Microsoft PowerPoint on demand support with independent client slideshow control
- Server-side DVD playback
- Transport, program and elementary stream support
- File containers include, WMV, AVI, Raw DV, and FLV (Macromedia Flash)
- File formats include, MPEG 1/2, H.264, DIVX, MJPEG
- Optional television receiver for set top boxes (cable, analog, DVB-S, DVB-T, 8-VSB)

The ProxSys Media Server Video on Demand system will be shown along with other Focus
Enhancements' award-winning HD products at Infocomm, booth #6400.

Pricing and availability is expected to be announced at a future date. The ProxSys
Video on Demand system will be available through Focus Enhancements' worldwide
dealer and distributor network. For more information, please visit
www.focusinfo.com.

About Focus Enhancements, Inc.
Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ CM: FCSE), headquartered in Campbell, CA, is a
leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video and
wireless video technologies. The company's Semiconductor Group develops integrated
circuits (ICs) for high-performance applications in the video convergence market,
including IPTV set-top boxes and portable media players. Focus Enhancements is
currently developing a wireless IC chip set based on the WiMedia UWB standard and
designed to be compatible with Wireless USB, and used in personal computer (PC),
consumer electronics (CE), and mobile electronics applications. The company's
Systems Group develops video products for the digital media markets, with customers
in the broadcast, video production, digital signage and digital asset management
markets. More information on Focus Enhancements may be obtained from the company's
SEC filings, or by visiting the Focus Enhancements home page at
http://www.focusinfo.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this press release which are not historical including statements
regarding management's intentions, hopes, expectations, representations, plans or
predictions about the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such factors include
statements about the company's recently introduced Proxsys Video on Demand system.
Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are
important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from
those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially include development delays, changes in specifications and the
performance and acceptance of the Proxsys Video on Demand system, and the risk
factors specified in the company\'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006,
and Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2007 as well as other filings with the
SEC. These statements are based on information as of June 14, 2007 and the company
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events, or otherwise.



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CONTACTS:

Investors:
Mary Magnani
Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc.
415.433.3777
mmagnani@lhai.com

Press:
Ramin Ekhtiar
FutureWorks, Inc.
408.428.0895 ext 102
ramin@future-works.com


© 2007 Focus Enhancements Inc All rights reserved.


Web Site = http://www.future-works.com

Contact Details = Ramin Ekhtiar
FutureWorks, Inc.
2860 Zanker Road, Suite 108
San Jose, CA 95134
408.428.0895 ext 102
ramin@future-works.com

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