FOCUS Enhancements Expands Sales Potential for Ultra Wideband Wireless Technology Through Agreement With Premier Technical Sales, Inc.

FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE) today
announced it has recently signed a manufacturers representation agreement
with Premier Technical Sales, Inc. (PTSI) to exclusively market, sell, and
support its complete line of Ultra Wideband (UWB) chipsets and video
convergence products in Northern California and other key markets.

Based in Silicon Valley, PTSI will sell FOCUS Enhancements' Ultra Wideband
(UWB) chipsets, modules, and evaluation products targeting high
quality-of-service (QOS) wireless video distribution and high speed data
transfers in consumer electronics (CE), personal computer (PC), and cell
phone markets. FOCUS Enhancements' UWB technology, Talaria™, supports a
fully compliant and interoperable WiMedia Standard UWB radio, plus an
extended mode that will produce higher data rates which are designed for
wireless video distribution. The company's FS-1101 (analog) and FS-1201
(digital/baseband) UWB chipsets will operate between 3.2 gigahertz (GHz)
and 7.2 GHz and are expected to provide transmission rates up to 880 Mbps
at ranges up to 8 meters and 37 Mbps at a range of 40 meters. Both
specifications exceed existing published competitive capabilities. The
company utilizes a Direct Sequence-Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing modulation scheme (DS-OFDM™) to achieve industry-leading
data rates and ranges. Other selectable rate settings include 440 Mbps at
14 meters, 220 Mbps at 20 meters and 110 Mbps at 30 meters.

"FOCUS Enhancements is an innovator in the development of UWB chipsets for
wireless video distribution and a leading supplier of TV-out chip
solutions," said Vince Giacomini, PTSI's chief executive officer. "Their
expertise in the video space is an excellent match with one of our most
important target markets. PTSI is excited to partner with FOCUS
Enhancements, and we look forward to delivering some of the industry's most
powerful wireless UWB solutions."

PTSI will also distribute video convergence processors targeting PC,
set-top box and CE markets and are designed to meet the demanding needs of
markets requiring high-quality conversion of video for display on both
Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) television. The video
convergence products PTSI will represent include the following:

-- FS-453 HDTV Family tailored for CE, gaming and mobile/hand-held
applications;
-- FS-460 Video Blending Family for set-top box applications where
multiple video formats are destined to occupy the same video display; and
-- FS-400 Scan Converter Family for perfect conversion of analog computer
graphics to analog TV video.


"Consumer electronics manufacturers are actively seeking solutions to
enable wireless video and UWB has become a driving technology," said Steve
Dowdell, president of PTSI. "FOCUS Enhancements' unique Talaria UWB
technology combined with our in-depth channel knowledge will enable the
creation and expansion of wireless video solutions within the consumer
electronics market."

"Silicon Valley represents one of the most influential and dynamic markets
for video-centric consumer electronics in the world," said Mark Zadeh, vice
president of worldwide sales for FOCUS Enhancements' semiconductor group.
"PTSI knows this space and our target customers and the company will enable
us to offer an extremely high level of technical, marketing, and sales
support to its customers like Apple, HP and Thomson. PTSI's extensive
experience, reach, technical support, and distribution services complement
our capabilities, and will help us meet the increasing demand for
innovative semiconductor solutions throughout the region."

Packaged samples of first silicon for the analog FS-1101 chip are expected
back at the end of September and the digital FS-1201 chip is expected back
in the middle of the fourth quarter. Mini PCI modules and evaluation kits
containing FOCUS Enhancements' new Talaria UWB technology are expected to
be available for customer shipments by year-end 2005.

About Premier Technical Sales, Inc.

Premier Technical Sales, Inc. provides professional, technical sales
representation for leading semiconductor and subsystem manufacturers in
Silicon Valley and other major computer/electronics markets in North
America, Europe and Asia. Premier Technical Sales, Inc. was founded in 1990
by Steve Dowdell and Vince Giacomini who have over 30 years of combined
sales experience in Silicon Valley. They have OEM and Representative
history with companies like Texas Instrument, LSI Logic, Zoran, Silicon
Image, Cypress Semiconductor, Siemens, Adaptec, and Micro Linear. Premier
Technical Sales, Inc. provides premier sales coverage for our principals by
achieving satisfaction for our customers. We maintain Sales Offices in
several worldwide locations including Northern California and Central
United States. For more information, visit www.ptsi.com, send email to
sales@ptsi.com, or call 650.230.2000.

About FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.

FOCUS Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE) is a leading designer of world-class
solutions in advanced, proprietary video technology. Headquartered in
Campbell, CA, FOCUS Enhancements designs, develops, and markets video
solutions in two distinct markets: advanced proprietary video conversion
integrated circuits (ICs) and affordable, high-quality, digital-video
conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor IC products
include designs for PCs, game cards, Internet, set-top boxes, Internet
appliances, and interactive TV applications, and they are sold directly to
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). FOCUS Enhancements' complete line
of video presentation and video production devices are sold globally
through resellers and distributors to the broadcast, education, cable,
business, industrial, presentation, Internet, gaming, home video production
and home theater 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 statements regarding management's
expectations of demand for FOCUS Enhancements' products, which impacts
revenue and the gross margin percentage, management's plans to complete its
Ultra Wideband (UWB) semiconductor chip designs, move UWB technology to
silicon, and the performance of its UWB technology in silicon. 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 in research and development, the company's
ability to maintain adequate funding to develop and implement UWB
technology, the ability of the company to migrate its UWB technology to
silicon in a timely manner, if at all, the performance and acceptance of
its UWB technology if and when successfully moved to silicon, and the risk
factors specified in the company's Form 10-K/A for the year ended December
31, 2004, Form 10-Q/A for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and other
filings with the SEC. These statements are based on information as of
September 14, 2005 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
Email Contact
FOCUS Investors:
David Barnard
Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc.
415.433.3777
Email Contact
FOCUS Press:
Joe Kilmer
FutureWorks, Inc.
408.428.0895 x113
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