

Hallo FM, the first Tamil FM Radio Station was launched three years ago and the new Tamil daily is being launched by the same group from Tamil Nadu, India. Launched with a slogan of ‘bridging the gulf between home and abroad, the UAE edition of Daily Thanthi, brings news from the UAE, Tamil Nadu, India and from around the world for a cover price of Dh1 and a subscription campaign has been going on to attract the Tamil community living in the UAE. In Malaysia alone, according to reports, there are 7 Tamil dailies for an estimated readership of 70,000. Overseas Tamil newspapers are published from Malaysia and Singapore, where considerable number of Tamil speaking Indian expatriates live. A trial edition and supplement of Daily Thanthi, rated as the sixth most read Indian newspaper, has already been published and the group has tied up with Tawseel to distribute the newspaper all over the UAE. This is the first time a Tamil newspaper is being launched in Dubai, where a number of Malayalam and other Indian vernacular newspapers are published daily.

Targetting the Tamil speaking Indian and South Asian community in the UAE and other Gulf countries, Daily Thanthy, the Tamil newspaper which has several editions in India, was officially launched here with a cover price of Dh1 for a 10 page UAE edition.

The first Tamil newspaper from the Middle East region was launched from Dubai on December 10, 2014.
