PBS and impreMedia stream Sotomayor Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings.

PBS announced an agreement with impreMedia to live stream PBS’ NewsHour feed of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearings, translated to Spanish, on impreMedia’s Web site http://www.impre.com/sotomayor>.

“As public media PBS and our member stations have a strong commitment to ensuring that citizens have the information they need to fully participate in our democracy,” said John Boland, PBS Chief Content Officer. “We are pleased to partner with impreMedia in utilizing new media platforms to reach the broadest possible audience, including Hispanic Americans who will have particular interest in these hearings.”

PBS will provide full coverage of the Senate Confirmation Hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor expected to begin July 13, 2009 at 10 am ET. NewsHour Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff will anchor live coverage from the hearing room in the Hart Senate Office Building, with analysis from Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal. PBS will provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the days when Sotomayor is scheduled to testify before the committee.

“The live Spanish transmission of the Supreme Court hearings is a critical outreach to the millions of Americans who strongly prefer to receive their news and information in Spanish”, says Arturo Duran, CEO of impreMedia Digital. “It also reflects the deep transformation of American society, which may soon have, for the first time in its history, a Supreme Court Justice who grew up speaking Spanish.”

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