FOCUS Enhancements Addresses Yahoo! Message Board

Business Wire, Oct 14, 1998

SUDBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1998--FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCSE) announced today that a person posting on a message board run by Yahoo!, Inc., has been impersonating an officer of FOCUS and using this persona to disseminate false and misleading information.

With respect to posting on message boards, it is FOCUS' policy that its employees not post messages relating to FOCUS. Violation of this policy will generally result in immediate termination.

This policy is based upon the recommendations of well-recognized and established authorities on company obligations relating to electronic disclosures. As a result of such recommendations, the company has taken the position not to post or comment on posts on message boards. Thus, until notice to the contrary is provided by FOCUS, the company will continue to distribute all official communications primarily through press releases and conference calls.

For More Information

For more information, contact Chris Ricci, FOCUS Enhancements, (978) 371-2000, 142 North Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776, FAX: (978) 371-8470, www.FOCUSinfo.com.

FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. is an industry leader in the development and marketing of advanced, proprietary video scan conversion products for the rapidly converging, multi-billion dollar computer and television industries. The Company's products, which are sold globally through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and resellers, merge computer-generated graphics and television displays for presentations, training, education, video teleconferencing, internet viewing, and home gaming markets. In addition, the Company is developing a family of products that will enable the current installed base of televisions, VCRs, and camcorders to remain functional in upcoming HDTV environments.

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of competition for the Company; new products and technological changes, the Company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward- looking statements that may be made to reflect events after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.