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.News Wire: 씨그널정보통신, 방송 프로그램 제작업계의 강자 유니원아이앤엠 인수 (Signal I&C acquires broadcast producer Unione I&M)
2015 Better ENT (), formerly Storm S Company (), is a talent agency founded by actor Song Seung-heon in 2009.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") Big Hit Entertainment () is a recording label founded by Bang Si-hyuk in 2005.eDaily: 씨그널엔터테인먼트그룹 "빅히트엔터 CB 60억 인수" (Signal Entertainment Group acquires Big Hit Ent for 60 billion "through CB") 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 () is a recording label founded by Tiger JK in 2006.Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널엔터, 음반기획사 정글엔터 100% 지분 인수 (Signal Entertainment acquires 100% of music agency Jungle Entertainment) 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.Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널정보통신, 화장품 제조업체 '스킨애니버셔리' 지분 50% 인수 (Signal I&C acquires 50% of skin care company Skinanniversary) S Box Media Company () is a television production company and talent agency, founded in 2012.Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널정보통신, 김현주 소속사 '에스박스미디어' 인수 (Signal I&C acquires Kim Hyun-joo's agency S Box Media)
2016 L&Holdings () is a holding company of four talent agencies: Great Company (), L&Company (), Star Camp 202 () and JR ENT ().10Asia: 씨그널엔터, 엘앤홀딩스 인수합병 “국내 최대 배우 라인업” (Signal Entertainment acquires L&Holdings, "a home for many actors") NH Media () is a recording label founded by Kim Nam-hee in 1998.Asia Economic Daily: 씨그널엔터테인먼트, 임창정 소속사 NH EMG 지분 인수 (Signal Entertainment acquires Lim Chang-jung's label NH EMG)
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)Newsis: 씨그널엔터, 20억 규모 '수퍼스타 K8 방송프로' 제작 계약 外 (Signal Entertainment agrees offer to produce 20-billion "Superstar K 2016") Superstar K 2016
Drama Year Title Network Notes2015 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 2017–2020 Stranger tvN co-produced with IOK Mediadeveloped by Studio Dragon2017 Girls' Generation 1979 KBS 2TV co-produced with FNC Add Culture Han Yeo-reum's MemoryJTBC TV movieco-produced with AM Studio2018 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 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: