Focus Enhancements Demonstrates Industry-Leading, High Frequency UWB and Video Convergence Technology at CES 2008

Released on: December 13, 2007, 12:13 pm

Press Release Author: Ramin Ekhtiar

Industry: Electronics

Press Release Summary: Focus Enhancements Demonstrates Industry-Leading, High
Frequency UWB and Video Convergence Technology at CES 2008

Press Release Body: Campbell, CA. - Dec. 12, 2007 - Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ:
FCSE), a worldwide leader in Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless technology, video
conversion and digital media, announced it will feature its UWB technology designed
to be compliant with the WiMedia Standard and Certified Wireless USB (W-USB) from
the USB-IF and its TV-out video chips for portable media players (PMPs) at the 2008
CES Show. The company will be in booth 15003 in the Central Hall and will also
demonstrate its W-USB technology in the WiMedia TechZone booth, 31642, located in
South Hall 3. The show runs from January 7-10, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention
Center.

"We are excited by the portfolio of products, technologies and partners we have
assembled for CES 2008," said Tom Hamilton, executive vice president and general
manager of Focus Enhancements' semiconductor group. "Our advanced UWB technology
delivers strong and dependable radio performance and enables the rapid file
transfers and wireless freedom desirable in today's media products. Portable device
designers continue to favor our TV-out semiconductors because of our superior video
quality, low cost and small footprint. You will see this all come together in our
booth at CES this year."

Visitors to Focus Enhancements' booths will be transported into tomorrow's home
entertainment room and office-of-the-future. Applications for Certified W-USB
technology will include video camcorders, digital cameras, printers, USB hubs, PDAs,
PMPs, remote media servers and other forms of media distribution in home
entertainment environments. In addition, the company will display a wireless hub
and dongle pair under development for retail channels through a partnership with
Amcor.

The company will display the following:
. UWB technology - designed to be compliant with WiMedia UWB Standards and Certified
Wireless USB technology;
. UWB technology with WiMedia operation in the higher frequency bands necessary for
acceptance in Europe; and
. TV-out video chips, including the ultra-mobile FS.471, for set-top boxes (STBS)
and portable media players (PMPs).

Focus Enhancements will be showing reference designs used in PMPs and advanced
IP-STBs, developed in partnership with leading platform providers such as Freescale,
Marvell and RMI as well as an array of commercially available PMPs using the
company's TV-out encoders, displaying video to a TV.

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. Many of the world\'s largest technology companies
partner with Focus Enhancements for high performance TV encoder, UWB, and video
convergence solutions. 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. 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 the
risk factors specified in the company\'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2006, and Form 10-Q for the periods ending March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007 and
September 30, 2007 as well as other filings with the SEC. These statements are based
on information as of December 12, 2007 and the company assumes no obligation to
update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise.


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

Contact Details: Brian Solis
FutureWorks, Inc.
408.428.0895 x101
brian@future-works.com

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