More recently, distributors have stopped importing the videos due to the passing of the fad, the high cost of royalties and the fact that fewer ko-tzai-hsi operas are now being filmed for television in Taiwan.
近來，因為歌仔戲錄影帶的熱潮不再，而歌仔戲錄影帶的版權又偏高；加上台灣電視歌仔戲拍戲量也減少，因此代理商停止進口歌仔戲錄影帶。