BBC World Service’s Tamil language service is set to be moved from London to India, reports Hindustan Times. The BBC Tamil team in London will be relocated with BBC Hindi in Delhi. This move is part of BBC News’ costing cutting plans, which aims to reduce costs by £700 million by 2017. A BBC World Service spokesperson told the publication that the service will now focus on improving content for Tamil audiences in India, although it will continue to serve the Tamil audience in Sri Lanka and the diaspora. As part of this move, BBC will be closing all Tamil posts in London and opening new posts in Delhi. Last week, BBC News had announced its plans to cut a further 415 posts and restructure the organisation, as indicated by The Guardian. It notes that 215 posts were already cut in 2012 and 2013 and a total of 620 posts are expected to be cut by 2017. BBC’s director of news and current affairs James Harding told the publication that the cuts will result in £48 million in annual savings. A part of the savings (around £12 million) will be re-invested in BBC’s digital platforms and improving its original journalism coverage. Of this, around £4 million will be used for improving social and mobile news, data journalism, online analysis and News Labs. World Service will also reportedly receive an additional £13 million over the next three years for investment in digital journalism and development of the language TV services. It's annual budget has also been increased…
