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.
2015
- Better ENT (Korean: 더좋은이엔티), formerly Storm S Company (Korean: 스톰에스컴퍼니), is a talent agency founded by actor Song Seung-heon in 2009.
- Big Hit Entertainment (Korean: 빅히트 엔터테인먼트) is a recording label founded by Bang Si-hyuk in 2005. 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.
- Jungle Entertainment (Korean: 정글 엔터테인먼트) is a recording label founded by Tiger JK in 2006.
- 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.
- S Box Media Company (Korean: 에스박스미디어컴퍼니) is a television production company and talent agency, founded in 2012.
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).
- NH Media (Korean: 앤에이취미디어) is a recording label founded by Kim Nam-hee in 1998.
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)
- 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
- Kang Sung-yeon
- Jung Seong-woo
- Shim Yi-young
- Yang Jung-a
L&Company
- Yoo Gun
Star Camp 202
- Shin Da-eun
JR ENT
- Nam Sang-mi
- Song Seon-mi
NH Media
S Box Media Company
- Lee Sang-hoon
References
External links
- Official websites:
- sicis.co.kr (in Korean)
- signal-ent.com (in Korean, English, and Chinese)
