Daijiworld Media

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Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd
Daijiworld logo.jpg
Type of businessPvt. Ltd. Company
Type of site
 web portal
Available inEnglish
Founded14 January 2001;24 years ago (2001-01-14)
Headquarters Mangalore, India
Key peopleWalter Nandalike (Managing Director)
Industry Electronic paper, online news
Products News & Information
Employees90 ml
URL www.daijiworld.com
Registrationoptional
Launched14 January 2001;24 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.

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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]

History

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 1 April 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 [5] 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. [6] [7]

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.

In May 2014, Daijiworld moved to its own corporate office at Bondel, Mangalore. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Bishop lauds contribution of Internet to information age". The Hindu . 8 January 2006. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. 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. ↑ Internet TV for non-resident Mangaloreans from The Hindu Business Line
  4. ↑ Internet TV from The Hindu
  5. ↑ M. Raghuram (14 January 2006). "Weaving web links". The Hindu . Retrieved 18 December 2009
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "Mangalore: Daijiworld corporate office inaugurated, Colaco launches Daijiworld24x7 TV channel". daijiworld.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

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