NRK adds three Shotoku SmartPed systems and upgrades existing floor rail systems.
Sunbury, UK – 10 July 2025 – Shotoku Broadcast Systems has announced that NRK, the Norwegian state broadcaster and long-term customer, have gone on air from newly renovated Studios 5 and 7 featuring under-floor rail systems upgraded to Shotoku’s full SmartRail specification. In addition, NRK has added three Shotoku SmartPed robotic pedestal systems to Studio 7. Both studios have been outfitted with Shotoku’s latest Version 3 TR-XT control panels. Shotoku is a leading international manufacturer of high-quality, easy-to-use, and reliable robotic and manual camera support systems.
NRK was one of the first customers to use Shotoku’s original rail system in 2015 with an innovative underfloor design for a fully robotic studio. Since then, the studio has been in daily use and NRK decided that time was right upgrade the rail systems to the latest SmartRail hardware and add three X/Y roaming SmartPed’s to studio 7 to complement the existing floor rail system.
Control for both studios have been updated to Shotoku’s latest V3 TR-XT control systems. The TR-XT panels maximize flexibility with a shared central data base, allowing either control room to run either studio.
“When the decision was made to update our on-air look and invest in new technologies, we were pleased to find that Shotoku could upgrade the rail systems we already owned to the latest specification. This allowed us to use more of the budget on robotic pedestals with SmartPed being the obvious choice for Studio 7. We also know we are in good hands when support is needed based on years of experience working with Shotoku” said Aksel Helgheim, Head of the upgrade project.
James Eddershaw, MD of Shotoku Broadcast Systems said, “We love it when a long-term customer like NRK trusts us to upgrade their existing systems and also augments their studios with products like SmartPed and our new V3 TR-XT control systems.”.
NRK and Shotoku will continue to work together to provide quality news programming for Norway.
About Shotoku Broadcast Systems
Shotoku Broadcast Systems is an international leader in the manufacture and marketing of a full range of camera support products with emphasis on manual and robotic pedestals and pan/tilt heads for the television broadcast industry. The Company also provides robotic camera systems capable of interfacing with third-party equipment. Established as an engineering design firm specializing in advanced mechanics and electronic control systems, Shotoku maintains headquarters in Japan with offices in the UK, China and the USA. The Company’s robotic camera systems are designed, developed and manufactured in Sunbury, UK.
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