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NewsOne COVERAGE OF THE

OJ SIMPSON PAROLE HEARING

** THURSDAY, JULY 20 **

 

** UPDATED WITH ABC NEWS DIGITAL EMBED CODE BELOW **

 

Hello Stations:

 

O.J. Simpson is set for a parole hearing Thursday at 1:00 pm ET, on the remaining counts for which he was convicted in Las Vegas in 2008.  Simpson has a strong chance of a favorable outcome before the Nevada Board of Parole, which in 2013 paroled him on five counts.

 

ABC News and NewsOne will be providing coverage of this event:

 

LIVE SHOTS:

NewsOne will be offering live shots from outside the prison in Lovelock, Nevada, with Correspondent Marci Gonzalez:

 

  • Custom live shots from 12:00 noon et through 3:00 pm ET

  • Group and custom live shots from 4:00 pm ET through 9:30 pm ET

 

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PACKAGES:

 

 

  • We will offer a Marci Gonzalez preview package for Thursday early morning shows. 

  • We will have another preview package for 12:00 noon ET newscasts.   NOTE: This package will be updated if warranted as the story develops

  • We will have a wrap package for 4:00 pm ET newscasts

  • We will have an additional wrap package for late newscasts

 

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LIVE FEEDS:

 

We will have various live feeds available on Thursday of the hearing:

 

  • On NewsOne Live Channel 4, we will have switched feed of the hearing and the announcement of the decision

  • On NewsOne Live Channel 3, we will have a clean feed of the ISO camera on the parole commissioners speaking in Carson City (this will be the feed that shows commissioners speaking during the hearing)

  • On NewsOne Live Channel 2, we will have a clean feed of the ISO camera on O.J. Simpson at the prison in Lovelock (this will be the feed that shows OJ. Simpson and others at Lovelock speaking during the hearing)

 

PLEASE NOTE: Following the hearing, the commissioners will deliberate in private for a period of time (no cameras for the deliberations).  Then the commissioners will return to announce their decision.

 

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: Following the announcement of the decision, we may hear from lawyers, family members, or friends outside of the prison in Lovelock and possibly parole officials from Carson City.  We will make these feed available on the NewsOne Live Channels.  Please monitor our Voice Alert and Twitter feed to check for where these post-hearing reaction feeds will be.

 

BUMPER CAMERA: We will have a bumper camera live shot of the outside of the Lovelock prison available on the NewsOne Live Channels on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.  Please monitor our Voice Alert and Twitter feed to check which Live Channel will carry this feed.

 

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ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT COVERAGE:

 

FOR YOUR PLANNING PURPOSES, ABC NEWS WILL AIR A SPECIAL REPORT LIVE TO THE FULL NETWORK TODAY, AT APPROX. 1:00PM ET/10:00AM PT TO COVER O.J. SIMPSONS PAROLE HEARING.
 
THIS SPECIAL REPORT CAN START SLIGHTLY PRIOR TO OR AFTER 1:00PM ET, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.
 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS WILL ANCHOR.
 
**COVERAGE OF THE HEARING COULD CONTINUE TO APPROX. 2:00PM ET/11:00AM PT.**
 
ABC NEWS WILL ALSO AIR ANOTHER SPECIAL REPORT LIVE TO THE FULL NETWORK AFTER DELIBERATIONS HAVE CONCLUDED TO COVER THE LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PAROLE DECISION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS COULD OCCUR DURING THE FIRST SPECIAL REPORT.
 
TIMING AND DURATION ARE CURENTLY TBD.
 
PLEASE MONITOR YOUR NAS AND NEWSONE VOICE ALERT FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
 

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ABC NEWS DIGITAL EMBED CODES AVAILABLE:

 

ABC News Digital will be providing embed code for coverage of the hearing on Thursday, including ABC News Special Report on the ABC TV Network.  This Digital coverage will be a combination of ABC News Digital anchored coverage (starting at aprx. 12:45 pm ET) and the ABC News TV Network broadcast coverage.  This embed code will not have any clean feeds of the hearing.

 

Embed code for the ABC News Digital coverage:

 

<iframe src='http://abcnews.go.com/video/portableplayer?id=abc_live12&affil=true&size=inpage&autoStart=true' width='640' height='360' scrolling='no' allowfullscreen style='border:none;'></iframe>

 

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ABCNEWS.COM OVERVIEW OF SIMPSON PAROLE HEARING:

 

http://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpsons-parole-hearing/story?id=48698689

 

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If you have any questions about coverage, please call NewsOne at 212-456-4110. 

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