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| Type of business | Pvt. Ltd. Company |
|---|---|
Type of site | web portal |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 14 January 2001 |
| Headquarters | Mangalore, India |
| Key people | Walter Nandalike (Managing Director) |
| Industry | Electronic paper, online news |
| Products | News & Information |
| Employees | 170 |
| URL | www |
| Registration | optional |
| Launched | 14 January 2001 |
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.
As of June 2020[update], Daijiworld's website had a daily viewership of around 500,000 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.[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.[6]
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- ^ "9 OTT platforms that exclusively stream regional language content". Vogue India. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2023.