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From: The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM>
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Subject: Re: Are Big Finish's days numbered?
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:40:29 +0100
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On 17/07/2024 18:12, Blueshirt wrote:
> The Last Doctor wrote:
> 
>>
>> Looks like someone has decided to take commercial audio
>> seriously at the Beeb ... I mean, who else are they targeting
>> with this ad?
>>
>> "Demonstrable record of delivering multiple, impactful
>> long-form audio serials which have found considerable audience
>> success"
>>
>> ... I mean, name three companies doing that in the UK.
>>
>>
> https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/London-Executive-Producers%2C-BBC-Studios-Audio-W12-7FA/799210902/?from=email&refid=15985852902&utm_source=J2WEmail&source=2&eid=125602-202426171026-23783366402&locale=en_GB
> 
> Big Finish have the licence for Doctor Who audios until 2030,
> plus they have a good relationship with RTD, so I'd say they'll
> be okay for a while yet.
> 
> Audio and audiobooks are becoming big business these days. The

Only because people are no longer taught to read and write at school 
these days. Indoctrinating children to cut off their genitalia is all 
the woke perverts that have taken over the education system are 
interested in.

> BBC already produce stuff that appears on Audible, usually under
> the 'Audible Originals' tag as podcasts, but they are made by
> BBC Studios.

Eventually AI will take it all over. The only voice I can endure 
narrating an audio book is Stephen Fry and I'd rather read the book 
myself anyway.

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