# Signal Entertainment Group

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

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| 2015 | Songgot: The Piercer | JTBC | |
| 2015 | 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 Media developed by Studio Dragon |
| 2017 | Girls' Generation 1979 | KBS 2TV | co-produced with FNC Add Culture |
| 2017 | Han Yeo-reum's Memory | JTBC | TV movie co-produced with AM Studio |
| 2018 | Life | JTBC | co-produced with AM Studio |
| 2018 | 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

### 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

### S Box Media Company

* Lee Sang-hoon