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FOCUS Enhancements Demonstrates Ultra Wideband Technology (23/12/2003)

Potential Partners and Customers Receive a Look Into the Future of Wireless Home Video

FOCUS Enhancements, Inc., a worldwide leader in video production and conversion technology, today announced it has begun demonstrating its proof-of-concept in Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology to potential customers and partners.

FOCUS Enhancements has leveraged the company's expertise in radio frequency design and video processing to develop UWB technology for the consumer electronics (CE) home entertainment market. Demonstration activity has been high and is expected to continue into the first quarter culminating with the anticipated announcement of a partner and/or customer agreement in the second quarter of 2004.

"The marketplace has shown significant interest in wireless video," stated Tom Hamilton, executive VP and general manager of FOCUS Enhancements' semiconductor group. "In the end, customers want flawless video distributed wirelessly in a home without interference or burbles. We have made that our goal and that is what has to be demonstrated to be credible. The demos have been well received. Potential customers and partners have expressed interest in working with us to bring products to market faster. CE providers make up the largest segment of potential customers, but literally every segment of the electronics market is represented by an interested party."

Brett Moyer, CEO of FOCUS Enhancements, said, "Providing UWB for the CE industry fits our overall corporate plan. This strategy is one of the keys for our expected long-term growth and central to our overall direction in video acquisition, processing, and distribution. We believe UWB can also bring exciting new products and applications to our Home Theater product line."

Steve Morton, VP of Engineering for FOCUS Enhancements' semiconductor group, stated, "Combining our video and radio frequency experience with nearly two years of investigation, research and development, we have identified the challenges and, more importantly, discovered insights into achieving quality performance in wireless video applications. Our goal is to ensure our product will span customer homes with TV-quality video without interruption and without interfering with other household electronic devices."

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