Focus Enhancements Supplies TV-Out Chips for Microsoft's Zune Portable Media Players
November 16 2006 - 11:15AM
Business Wire
Focus Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCSE), a worldwide leader in video
production, PC-to-TV conversion and Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless
technology, today confirmed the Microsoft Zune� portable media
player (PMP) features the company�s FS456 TV-out encoder. This
discovery was revealed by Wall Street analysts as a result of a
tear-down analysis done on a commercially purchased Zune PMP. The
Zune is powered by Freescale� multimedia technology and uses the
FS456 chip to display video from the PMP to a TV through standard
video connectors. �Zune is a strong and serious entry into the PMP
market and will compete with iPod. More importantly, it will drive
the overall market opportunity for portable media in general,� said
Brett Moyer, president and CEO of Focus Enhancements. Moyer
continued, �PMPs are entertainment-driven consumer products which
require high quality video to enhance their multimedia experience.
The FS456 was integrated into Zune because the industry-leading
video quality and small size make it ideal for this application.�
�Our path to success supplying high-quality TV-out to the emerging
PMP market is based on our strong relationships with world class
development teams such as Freescale and Toshiba,� said Tom
Hamilton, executive VP and general manager of Focus Enhancements�
semiconductor group. In addition to the Zune, the FS456 also powers
the Toshiba Gigabeat PMP. 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. 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, 2005, Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31,
2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006, as well as other
filings with the SEC. These statements are based on information as
of November 16, 2006 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, Inc.
(NASDAQ:FCSE), a worldwide leader in video production, PC-to-TV
conversion and Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless technology, today
confirmed the Microsoft Zune(TM) portable media player (PMP)
features the company's FS456 TV-out encoder. This discovery was
revealed by Wall Street analysts as a result of a tear-down
analysis done on a commercially purchased Zune PMP. The Zune is
powered by Freescale(TM) multimedia technology and uses the FS456
chip to display video from the PMP to a TV through standard video
connectors. "Zune is a strong and serious entry into the PMP market
and will compete with iPod. More importantly, it will drive the
overall market opportunity for portable media in general," said
Brett Moyer, president and CEO of Focus Enhancements. Moyer
continued, "PMPs are entertainment-driven consumer products which
require high quality video to enhance their multimedia experience.
The FS456 was integrated into Zune because the industry-leading
video quality and small size make it ideal for this application."
"Our path to success supplying high-quality TV-out to the emerging
PMP market is based on our strong relationships with world class
development teams such as Freescale and Toshiba," said Tom
Hamilton, executive VP and general manager of Focus Enhancements'
semiconductor group. In addition to the Zune, the FS456 also powers
the Toshiba Gigabeat PMP. 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. 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, 2005, Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31,
2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006, as well as other
filings with the SEC. These statements are based on information as
of November 16, 2006 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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