Signal Entertainment Group

Signal Entertainment Group Corp.
Native name
주식회사 씨그널엔터테인먼트그룹
Company typePublic
KRX: 099830
IndustryEntertainment, media, information & communication, technology
FoundedJanuary 18, 1991 (1991-01-18), as Signal Information & Communication Corp.
Headquarters
Yangjae-daero 1498, Gangdong-gu, Seoul
Banpo-daero 20-gil 29, Seocho-gu, Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
South Korea
Key people
Kim Jung-sang (CEO)
ProductsMusic albums, films, K-pop products, technological equipment, beauty products
ServicesProduction, broadcasting, distribution, partnerships
SubsidiariesBetter ENT (60%)
Jungle Entertainment (100%)
L&Holdings (100%)
NH Media (50%)
Websitesicis.co.kr, signal-ent.com

Signal Entertainment Group Corp. (Korean: 주식회사 씨그널엔터테인먼트그룹), founded in 1991, is a South Korean company specializing in the following businesses: show business, media and entertainment content, cosmetics and information technology.

History

Founded in 1991 as Signal Information & Communication Corp. (Korean: 주식회사 씨그널정보통신) (Signal I&C), the company was the national licensee of the now-defunct American company Motorola. In 1997, it partnered with the now-defunct Korea Telecom Freetel (a Korea Telecom (KT) company) for PCS service.

1999 was the year when Signal I&C became the official distributor of Motorola Multimedia Group Cable Services. It also partnered with KT for PCS service. Signal I&C got the ISO 9001 certification in this same year.

In 2001, Signal I&C signed a business partnership with Lucent (presently Alcatel-Lucent), then partnered with SK Telecom for IMT Advanced service.

Then in 2003, the company signed another business partnership, this time with CommWorks Corporation (then a subsidiary of now-defunct 3Com, presently a subsidiary of UTStarcom). Later on, it partnered again with KT for ATM service.

Signal I&C joined the Korea Exchange (KRX)'s KOSDAQ index in 2011.

2015 became the start of a new era for the company as it launched its present corporate name - then started to diversify into the show business, media and cosmetics industries.

Mergers and acquisitions

2014

  • Unione I&M (Korean: 유니원아이앤엠) was a television production company, founded in 2005. As of today, it is now a division by name of Signal.[1]

2015

  • Better ENT (Korean: 더좋은이엔티), formerly Storm S Company (Korean: 스톰에스컴퍼니), is a talent agency founded by actor Song Seung-heon in 2009.[2]
  • Big Hit Entertainment (Korean: 빅히트 엔터테인먼트) is a recording label founded by Bang Si-hyuk in 2005.[3] In early 2016, BigHit ended their stake relationship with Signal Entertainment Group. BigHit issued a 6 billion won convertible bond Signal Entertainment Group in 2015. After a year, Signal Entertainment Group made a full settlement of the bonds.[4]
  • Jungle Entertainment (Korean: 정글 엔터테인먼트) is a recording label founded by Tiger JK in 2006.[5]
  • Skinanniversary Co. Ltd. (Korean: 주식회사 스킨애니버셔리) is a skin care company and the operator of the Skinanniversary Beauty Town in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. It was founded in 2007.[6]
  • S Box Media Company (Korean: 에스박스미디어컴퍼니) is a television production company and talent agency, founded in 2012.[7]

2016

  • L&Holdings (Korean: 엘앤홀딩스) is a holding company of four talent agencies: Great Company (Korean: 크다컴퍼니), L&Company (Korean: 엘앤컴퍼니), Star Camp 202 (Korean: 스타캠프202) and JR ENT (Korean: 제이알이엔티).[8]
  • NH Media (Korean: 앤에이취미디어) is a recording label founded by Kim Nam-hee in 1998.[9]

Productions

Television

Variety, reality and talk

Drama

Year Title Network Notes
2015 Songgot: The Piercer JTBC
The Ace SBS TV
2016 Babysitter+ KBS 2TV
2017 Innocent Defendant SBS TV co-produced with The Story Works
2017 My Oppa Agent, 《我的特工欧巴》 No release information Chinese-Korean co-production with Showmax and Fool Pictures[11][12]
2017–2020 Stranger tvN co-produced with IOK Media
developed by Studio Dragon
2017 Girls' Generation 1979 KBS 2TV co-produced with FNC Add Culture
Han Yeo-reum's Memory JTBC TV movie
co-produced with AM Studio
2018 Life co-produced with AM Studio
Bad Papa* MBC TV co-produced with Hoga Entertainment

* produced under subsidiary Signal Pictures
+ produced under subsidiary L&Holdings

Artists

Jungle Entertainment

Further information: Jungle Entertainment § Roster

L&Holdings

Great Company

L&Company

Star Camp 202

JR ENT

NH Media

Further information: NH Media § Roster

S Box Media Company

  • Lee Sang-hoon

References

  1. ^ News Wire: 씨그널정보통신, 방송 프로그램 제작업계의 강자 유니원아이앤엠 인수 (Signal I&C acquires broadcast producer Unione I&M) Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ eToday: 씨그널정보통신, 송승헌 소속사 '더좋은이엔티' 인수…"글로벌 엔터그룹 행보 본격" (Signal I&C buys Song Seung-heon's agency Better ENT, plans on "becoming a global entertainment group") Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ eDaily: 씨그널엔터테인먼트그룹 "빅히트엔터 CB 60억 인수" (Signal Entertainment Group acquires Big Hit Ent for 60 billion "through CB") Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "thebell Free". m.thebell.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  5. ^ Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널엔터, 음반기획사 정글엔터 100% 지분 인수 (Signal Entertainment acquires 100% of music agency Jungle Entertainment) Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널정보통신, 화장품 제조업체 '스킨애니버셔리' 지분 50% 인수 (Signal I&C acquires 50% of skin care company Skinanniversary) Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널정보통신, 김현주 소속사 '에스박스미디어' 인수 (Signal I&C acquires Kim Hyun-joo's agency S Box Media) Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ 10Asia: 씨그널엔터, 엘앤홀딩스 인수합병 “국내 최대 배우 라인업” (Signal Entertainment acquires L&Holdings, "a home for many actors") Archived 2016-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널엔터테인먼트, 임창정 소속사 NH EMG 지분 인수 (Signal Entertainment acquires Lim Chang-jung's label NH EMG) Archived 2017-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Newsis: 씨그널엔터, 20억 규모 '수퍼스타 K8 방송프로' 제작 계약 外 (Signal Entertainment agrees offer to produce 20-billion "Superstar K 2016") Archived 2016-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "【金材昱】【中字】主演17年中韩合拍电影《我的特工欧巴》……？！_哔哩哔哩_bilibili".
  12. ^ "《我的特工欧巴》-高清电影-完整版在线观看".