Signal Entertainment Group Corp., 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. (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 was a television production company, founded in 2005. As of today, it is now a division by name of Signal.[1]
2015
- Better ENT, formerly Storm S Company , is a talent agency founded by actor Song Seung-heon in 2009.[2]
- Big Hit Entertainment 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 is a recording label founded by Tiger JK in 2006.[5]
- Skinanniversary Co. Ltd. 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 is a television production company and talent agency, founded in 2012.[7]
2016
Productions
Television
Variety, reality and talk
- The Body Show (OnStyle, 2015–present)
- I Can See Your Voice (Mnet, 2015–present)
- Please Take Care of My Refrigerator (JTBC, 2014–present)
- Produce 101 (Mnet, 2016)
- The Secret Readers Club (O tvN/tvN, 2015–present)
- Superstar K (Mnet, 2016–present)[10]
- Superstar K 2016
Drama
* produced under subsidiary Signal Pictures + produced under subsidiary L&Holdings
Variety, reality and talk
- The Body Show (OnStyle, 2015–present)
- I Can See Your Voice (Mnet, 2015–present)
- Please Take Care of My Refrigerator (JTBC, 2014–present)
- Produce 101 (Mnet, 2016)
- The Secret Readers Club (O tvN/tvN, 2015–present)
- Superstar K (Mnet, 2016–present)[10]
- Superstar K 2016
Drama
* produced under subsidiary Signal Pictures + produced under subsidiary L&Holdings
Artists
- Choi Song-hyun
- Jin Tae-hyun
Jungle Entertainment
L&Holdings
Great Company
L&Company
Star Camp 202
JR ENT
- Kang Sung-yeon
- Jung Seong-woo
- Shim Yi-young
- Yang Jung-a
- Yoo Gun
- Shin Da-eun
- Nam Sang-mi
- Song Seon-mi
NH Media
S Box Media Company
- Lee Sang-hoon
External links
- Official websites:
- sicis.co.kr
- signal-ent.com
References
- News Wire: 씨그널정보통신, 방송 프로그램 제작업계의 강자 유니원아이앤엠 인수 (Signal I&C acquires broadcast producer Unione I&M)^
- 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")^
- eDaily: 씨그널엔터테인먼트그룹 "빅히트엔터 CB 60억 인수" (Signal Entertainment Group acquires Big Hit Ent for 60 billion "through CB")^
- thebell Free m.thebell.co.kr, retrieved 2017-07-08^
- Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널엔터, 음반기획사 정글엔터 100% 지분 인수 (Signal Entertainment acquires 100% of music agency Jungle Entertainment)^
- Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널정보통신, 화장품 제조업체 '스킨애니버셔리' 지분 50% 인수 (Signal I&C acquires 50% of skin care company Skinanniversary)^
- Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널정보통신, 김현주 소속사 '에스박스미디어' 인수 (Signal I&C acquires Kim Hyun-joo's agency S Box Media)^
- 10Asia: 씨그널엔터, 엘앤홀딩스 인수합병 “국내 최대 배우 라인업” (Signal Entertainment acquires L&Holdings, "a home for many actors")^
- Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널엔터테인먼트, 임창정 소속사 NH EMG 지분 인수 (Signal Entertainment acquires Lim Chang-jung's label NH EMG)^
- Newsis: 씨그널엔터, 20억 규모 '수퍼스타 K8 방송프로' 제작 계약 外 (Signal Entertainment agrees offer to produce 20-billion "Superstar K 2016")^
- 【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^
- 《我的特工欧巴》-高清电影-完整版在线观看^