Brought to you by the OTT platform takes South American club competition coverage to social media. Getty Images Over-the-top (OTT) sports subscription service DAZN is offering Brazilian soccer clubs the chance to provide free Facebook coverage of their Copa Sudamericana matches ahead of the streaming platform’s official launch in Brazil. Bahia, Botafogo, Chapecoense, Corinthians, Fluminense and Santos are Brazil’s representatives in this year’s edition of South American soccer’s second-tier club competition, and each team will be able to show live coverage of their games via their own Facebook pages. The matches will also be available via DAZN’s official account on the social media platform. The move means that the Copa Sudamericana will be simulcast in Brazil on both Facebook and DAZN’s YouTube channel until the streaming service goes live in the country in March. The first game to be shown will be Chapecoense’s clash with Chilean outfit Unión La Calera on Tuesday, followed by Botafogo’s game at home to Argentinian side Defensa y Justicia. DAZN picked up exclusive rights in Brazil to the Copa Sudamericana in November as part of a wider launch announcement which also saw the streaming service pocket coverage of Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1. The company already streams Serie A and Ligue 1 games on Facebook and YouTube in Brazil, although once the platform launches it will only offer selected games from those leagues via social media.
South American soccer clubs will be able to livestream their Unión La Calera games on DAZN , ahead of the official launch of over-the-top sports subscription service Facebook in the country in November .