The new system will allow broadcasters of news and other live programmes to instantly correct footage that if left unchecked could trigger an attack in vulnerable viewers. Broadcast Project Research technical director and Gordon originator John Emmett said evidence from sufferers suggested there was a four-second window in which to detect and correct footage and the new system would detect and process the picture within a half-second.
While the current model and its rival, the HardingFPA, are able to detect problems they are not able to correct them. Furthermore, the latter does not work in real-time. However, along with the Independent Television Commission (ITC), they have both helped build the UK's reputation in this field.
According to Emmett, other countries have been slow to recognise the TV industry's responsibility to PSE sufferers but he said both Italy and Russia had made submissions to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the US Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) is publishing an ITC paper next month. 'By IBC [in September] we should know whether other countries are picking up on this problem,' he said.
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