GDH 559 Co., Ltd. ( th, บริษัท จีดีเอช ห้าห้าเก้า จำกัด), usually known as GDH, is a film studio subsidiary to the

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entertainment conglomerate

GMM Grammy GMM Grammy Public Company Limited ( th, จีเอ็มเอ็ม แกรมมี่ or G"MM' Grammy) is the largest media conglomerate entertainment company in Thailand. Grammy top artists include Bird Thongchai, Silly Fools, Loso, ...

. It was founded on 5 January 2016 as a successor to

GMM Tai Hub GMM Tai Hub or GTH ( th, จีเอ็มเอ็ม ไท หับ or จีทีเอช) was a former film studio of the Thai entertainment conglomerate GMM Grammy. It was formed in 2003 by a merger between GMM Pictures, Tai Entertainm ...

(GTH) — Thailand's most successful film studio of the prior 11 years — which had been dissolved in 31 December 2015 due to internal conflicts between the company's three major shareholders — GMM Grammy, and

Hub Ho Hin Hub Ho Hin Bangkok Co., Ltd. ( th, หับโห้หิ้น บางกอก) is a Thai media company, working in advertising and filmmaking. It was one of the three partners in the joint-venture studio GMM Tai Hub (GTH), which dissolved in ...

. GDH had released films of various genres such as romance, comedy, horror and drama as well as the hit film ''

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''.

Background

GDH was formed as a joint venture between

and

Hub Ho Hin Bangkok Hub Ho Hin Bangkok Co., Ltd. ( th, หับโห้หิ้น บางกอก) is a Thai media company, working in advertising and filmmaking. It was one of the three partners in the joint-venture studio GMM Tai Hub (GTH), which dissolved in ...

following the closure of

. The company is registered on December 14, 2015 with registered capital of 150,000,000 million

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under the same shareholding proportion. With the departure of GTH's former president Visute Poolvoralaks, GMM Grammy and Hub Ho Hin rejoined to create GDH 559, which inherited almost all of GTH's creative personnel and resources. According to

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, the company name is said to stand for ''Gross Domestic Happiness'', which refers to the ''happiness of spectators and workers'', and the numbers in the company name refer to the date and year of the company's foundation as well as its number of new shareholders of 59 people. During its tenure as GTH, GMM Grammy holds 51% of its share and Hub Ho Hin Bangkok holds 15%, and of Tai Entertainment by 30%. Despite the management changes, GDH retains its same Bangkok headquarters as with Hub Ho Hin Film and GTH and since had expanded to more companies around its neighborhood. The company used the placeholder trade name ''GDH Five Five Nine'' until an official logo was issued. It then changed its current trade name to simply GDH.

Corporate structure

GDH 559 is owned by GMM Grammy, which holds a majority 51% stake, and Hub Ho Hin, which owns 15%. The rest is held by individual shareholders, most of whom are the company's staff and crew. GDH operates the various aspects of its business through its subsidiaries and affiliates: Jor Kwang Films Co., Ltd. is GDH's

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, although it is not a direct subsidiary; the company is owned by GDH's directors and producers. ;Nadao Bangkok Co., Ltd. :

Nadao Bangkok Nadao Bangkok Co., Ltd. ( th, นาดาว บางกอก) is a Thai media company. Founded in 2009, it did business in artist management and television and music production, but ended those operations in 2022. The company is headed by ...

covers artist management, production, and television series development. ;Sawasdee Thaweesuk Co., Ltd. :Promotion ;Ngandee Thaweesuk Co., Ltd. :Public relations and event management ;The Secret Farm Co., Ltd. :Online digital agency ;Siangdee Thaweesuk Co., Ltd. :Sound recording ;Good Things Happen Co., Ltd. :Sales ;Wondermega Entertainment Co., Ltd. :television series development, production, and animation studio.

Filmography

Alongside its current slate of films, GDH 559 also owns the distribution rights to all of the film library produced and distributed by its predecessor companies GTH, GMM Pictures, Tai Entertainment and Hub Ho Hin Bangkok. As of 2021, majority of the GDH/GTH film catalog are now available on streaming in Thailand through Disney+ Hotstar.

Films

Television series

References

External links

* GDH 559 GMM Grammy Privately held companies Film production companies of Thailand Mass media companies established in 2016 2016 establishments in Thailand {{Film-company-stub