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Focus Enhancements Provides TV Encoder Chips for Three Media Platforms From Shenzhen GEOTIC Technology Co., Ltd

Posted on: Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 06:00 CDT

Focus Enhancements, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: FCSE) FS45x family of TV-out encoder chips has been integrated into three new products by Shenzhen GEOTIC Technology Co., Ltd, a leading provider of consumer electronics. All of the products are based on AU1200 (formally from AMD) reference designs from Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI):

 --  Internet protocol set-top box model GVS7000 using the FS453 for use in     China; --  Portable media/GPS navigation player model GP510 using the FS455 for     worldwide markets; and --  Mobile media platform model GM610 using the FS453 for use in public     transportation systems in China.      

"We are working closely with GEOTIC Technology to support all of its TV encoder needs," said David Huang, sales director for Focus Enhancements' semiconductor group - Asia Pacific. "Our superior TV quality combined with our incorporation in leading reference designs from RMI and Freescale, make it easy to provide multiple solutions to dynamic customers like GEOTIC Technology. We continue to demonstrate the superior video quality of our TV-out encoder chips to new and existing customers and with the growing adoption of high-definition TV, IPTV and portable media players our market opportunities continue to expand."

About Shenzhen GEOTIC Technology Co., Ltd

Founded in 1998, Shenzhen GEOTIC Technology Co., Ltd is located in Shenzhen Nanshan High-Tech Industrial Park. The company has focused its research and development efforts in the area of media terminals, portable media players, GPS satellite navigation systems and IP set-top boxes and has emerged as a leader in hardware and core software development for mobile media platforms. Working closely with reference design providers and discrete part suppliers around the world, GEOTIC Technology offers high-performance, low-cost solutions for OEMs and ODMs. For more information, visit the Geotic Technology web site at http://www.geotic.com.cn.

About Focus Enhancements, Inc.

Focus Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ: 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 statements include, demand for Focus Enhancements' products, which impacts revenue, gross margin percentage and cash from operations and the performance of its technology. 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 customers' acceptance of recently introduced products, changes in customer order patterns, unforeseen increased costs and delays in research and development, the performance and acceptance of its technology, 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 May 23, 2007 and the company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

 Focus Enhancements: Mike Kelly VP of Marketing, Semi Group 503.615.7716 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=065FA86154647128  Focus Investors: Kirsten Chapman Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc. 415.433.3777 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=0DD77F73EFF722FA  Focus Press: Brian Solis FutureWorks, Inc. 408.428.0895 x101 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=2F552CF820256932  

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