DVDs

Following last months raid on TUKCOM, Pattaya Police have continued their crackdown on counterfeit goods and have arrested two female suspects, Miss Waree Urat aged 40 and Mrs Angkhana Thongchai aged 30, involved in a pirated CD and DVD business confiscated more than three million baht worth of copied CD’S & DVD’S.

According to research conducted by the Bangkok University Research Department, almost 80% of people in Bangkok used counterfeit and pirated products ranging from DVDs and CDs to fashion goods, such as handbags, wallets, and fashion apparel.

M Pictures CEO Padet Hongfa recently said the company would now focus only on film production and home entertainment. The company, a subsidiary of the Major Cineplex Group, imports films for screening in cinemas, and expects to return to profit this year after acquiring MVD, a distributor of movie VCDs and DVDs, and producing its own films.