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Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd
File:Daijiworld logo.jpg
Type of businessPvt. Ltd. Company
Type of site
web portal
Available inEnglish
FoundedJanuary 14, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-14)
HeadquartersMangalore, India
Key peopleWalter Nandalike (Managing Director)
IndustryElectronic paper, online news
ProductsNews & Information
Employees250
Websitewww.daijiworld.com
Registrationoptional
LaunchedJanuary 14, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-14)

Daijiworld Media is an Indian company, headquartered in Mangalore, that provides news services, including the web portal, www.daijiworld.com .[1] It was founded by Walter Nandalike, as www.daijidubai.com on 14 January 2001,[2] primarily with the objective of relaying news from the Coastal Konkan region of India. It was later renamed as www.daijiworld.com, and established as a media company in 2007.

Daijiworld's current viewership is around 5,000,000 unique visitors from around 180 countries. The portal contains a variety of columns ranging from daily news, events, special columns, cookery, and other information covering Mangalore, Coastal Karnataka, Goa, Mumbai, and Middle-Eastern countries, apart from national news from authorized agencies. Daijiworld runs Daijiworld 24x7 TV channel, which was launched on 9 May as test transmission, telecast from 16 June 2014 across coastal Karnataka through cable network and set-top boxes. The TV channel is also available on Internet and also in Android and IOS app formats. It also publishes an English weekly named Daijiworld Weekly.[3][4][5]

On the occasion of celebrating 20 years of Daijiworld.com, LOCALWOOD OTT platform has been launched jointly by Daijiworld and ATC Online. Streaming local-language content like Tulu, Konkani, Beary, Kannada movies and entertainment videos is the aim of this OTT platform.

History[edit]

Daijiworld Media was a result of an April Fools' Day prank by Walter Nandalike, the now Editor-in-chief of the portal. He had migrated to the Gulf for employment, with no knowledge of computers. Having learnt about computers, he sent his first E-mail to his friends on April 1, 2000, mentioning that he was hosting a site on the Internet. This was just meant to be a joke but his friends took him seriously and started enquiring about the site. Surprised by their curiosity, Walter started thinking seriously about the project. He learnt computers thoroughly, and eight months later on 14 January 2001, launched www.daijidubai.com, primarily with the objective of hosting information and news pertaining to Konkani language and society. The portal is now known as www.daijiworld.com[6] Daiji in Konkani means "relation", and the portal was started by Walter and a group of writers of the Daiji Dubai Writers Forum with a view to promote and spread awareness of culture and tradition.[7][8]

In March 2007, it established itself as a media company under the banner of "Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd". In order to cater to the increasing demand for news from India by the NRIs, an exclusive office was opened in Kankanady, Mangalore with 40 correspondents spread across the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. On 18 July 2008, Daijiworld took a step further and inaugurated its Udupi office.[3] In May 2009, Daijiworld launched an English weekly tabloid named Daijiworld Weekly, promoted under the banner of a new company, "Daijiworld Publications Pvt Ltd".

In May 2014, Daijiworld moved to its own corporate office at Bondel, Mangalore.[9] Daijiworld Television was also launched at the same time. On 10 September 2015, Daijiworld launched its fourth venture, Daijiworld Audio-Visual Studio. In May 2016, Daijiworld Udupi franchise moved to new premises, in addition to setting up its own television studio.

References[edit]

  1. "Bishop lauds contribution of Internet to information age". The Hindu. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. "Mangalore–based portal among popular websites". The Hindu. 26 May 2005. Archived from the original on 15 June 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "About us". Daijiworld Media. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. Internet TV for non-resident Mangaloreans from The Hindu Business Line
  5. Internet TV from The Hindu
  6. M. Raghuram (2006-01-14). "Weaving web links". The Hindu. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  7. "Keeping track of events back home made easy". The Hindu. 28 March 2004. Archived from the original on 22 April 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  8. Pinto, Stanly (28 March 2004). "Uniting Mangloreans on the Net". The Times of India. The Times Group. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  9. "Mangalore: Daijiworld corporate office inaugurated, Colaco launches Daijiworld24x7 TV channel". www.daijiworld.com.

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