AudioGO Ltd was a primarily digital audio publisher which purchased BBC Audiobooks in July 2010, thereby inheriting all Doctor Who, Torchwood and SJA audio material previously released under the BBC's own audio labels. They retained the brand identity "BBC Audio" as an imprint.
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During their time owning the brand and imprint they were the publishers of the Tom Baker audio range that began with Hornets' Nest, readings of Target Books novelisations, TV soundtracks of missing episodes, some original audio dramas (based upon Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures), and Doctor Who audio archive material (like the series of Doctor Who at the BBC releases) and documentaries.
After AudioGO's demise in 2013, Doctor Who audiobooks were again released by BBC Audio.
Administration and closure[[edit] | [edit source]]
AudioGO entered administration after significant cashflow issues were discovered in October 2013. The company suspended operations and effectively ceased trading, affecting many of the expected 50th anniversary releases. [1]
In January 2014, the front page of AudioGO's website was replaced by a notice that trading from the website had ceased. Customers were advised to download their purchased libraries from the site before it became entirely unavailable on 1 February 2014.
A fourth series of the The Nest Cottage Chronicles had been announced, titled Grimmsworld, but went unproduced by the time of the closure.
Since November 2014, BBC Physical Audio have released Doctor Who audiobooks.
Subsequent availability of AudioGO material[[edit] | [edit source]]
Rights to AudioGO's BBC-licensed content (including Doctor Who) for the UK and the rest of the world excluding North America, Australia and New Zealand, were transferred to Random House in December 2013.[2]
AudioGO's US titles were acquired by independent audiobook publisher Blackstone Audio, a company which had previously been acquired by AudioGO in January 2013 but sold back to its former owners in October of that year when AudioGo entered administration. Blackstone distributed the titles through its arms BlackstoneLibrary.com (for libraries) and Downpour.com (for consumers.)[3]
Rights to 5000 of AudioGO's non-BBC titles were sold to Amazon-owned audiobook vendor Audible.[4]
The Destiny of the Doctor series can be acquired through Big Finish Productions' website, either individually or as a box set collecting all the stories.
See also[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official website (Archived 10 March 2012 on the Wayback Machine)
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Marcus and Anthony Weight (03 November 2014). AudioGO in administration. Doctor Who News. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
- ↑ AudioGO's BBC titles signed by Random House (Archived 6 April 2023 on the Wayback Machine)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150408022636/http://www.audiogo-library.com/ (Archived 8 April 2015 on the Wayback Machine)
- ↑ Audible buys rights to 5,000 AudioGO titles (Archived 17 October 2021 on the Wayback Machine)