Daijiworld Media
Daijiworld Media is an Indian company, headquartered in Mangalore, that provides news services, including the web portal, www.daijiworld.com. It was founded by Walter Nandalike, as www.daijidubai.com on 14 January 2001, 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.
| 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 | 250 |
| URL | www |
| Registration | optional |
| Launched | 14 January 2001 |
As of June 2020, 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.
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.