OVERVIEW
Since its establishment in 1995, SM Entertainment has pioneered the entertainment industry in Korea and is a total entertainment group leading the global Korean Wave and K-POP sensation.
Group companies
SM Culture & Contents
SM C&C
SM Culture & Contents is the new name the company adopted with the aim to leap forward as Asia's largest visual contents, actor and MC management company when SM Entertainment Co., Ltd., which is growing to become Asia's largest entertainment group, acquired the KOSDAQ-listed company BT&I in April 2012. SM Culture & Contents is promoting various TV programs and variety show productions alongside actor and MC management, visual program productions such as dramas and movies, and also actively pursuing the global visual contents business based on the rich global network of SM Entertainment Group. In December 2017, the company merged with SK Group's in-house comprehensive advertising agency and expanded its business to advertisement.
We have established a professional management system with Korea’s top MC's such as Kang Ho-dong, Shin Dong-yeop, Kim Byeong-man, Jeon Hyeon-moo and a wide range of actors who work across television and stage such as Hwang Shin-hye, Kim Soo-ro, Lee Hak-joo, Yoon Na-moo, Kang Pil-seok, and Kim Jae-beom.
TRAVEL
Among 20,000 travel agencies in Korea, our KOSDAQ-listed travel company is placed in the top 0.1 percent in terms of sales record for air flights. We provide a Total Travel Solution through SMTOWN Global Package which includes company trips and MICE trip services, online exclusive travel agency TOUREXPRESS, and global hotel booking agency HOTELTREES.
ADVERTISING AGENCY
SM Group is a company equipped with a comprehensive platform that runs businesses throughout its lifestyle, and not only in celebrity management, broadcast/entertainment contents, mobile, travel, and distribution, but also in advertising business that are responsible for B2C integrated communication. The key differentiation and strength of SM Culture & Contents is its combination of excellent creativity that has produced hit campaigns for many years, solid contents through SM Group celebrities and know-how for broadcast, entertainment, media that no other local advertisement agencies possess, along with big data of 36 million people, which is also not found in any other local advertisement agencies.
VISUAL CONTENT PRODUCTION
SM Entertainment Japan Inc.
SM Japan
SM Entertainment Japan is the Japanese affiliate of the top entertainment company in Asia, SM Entertainment. The company is engaged in the exclusive management of S.M. artists in Japan, has exclusive license rights for the sales of albums, digital music, and merchandise, and promotes the concert business for concerts and fan meetings held in Japan.
DREAM MAKER ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Dream Maker Entertainment
Dream Maker Entertainment is a Hong Kong-based concert planning agency representing not only Korea, but all of Asia. The company has been presenting the best concerts with the best artists to spread Korean contents to the entire world. The company organizes over 80 concerts around the world each year and is growing into the world’s best concert planning agency through cooperation with over 30 partners worldwide.
KEYEAST
KEYEAST
KEYEAST Co., Ltd. Operates with the vision to be "Asia's #1 leading entertainment company" and engages in a variety of licensing businesses including artist management, merchandizing/licensing, planning and production of dramas and films.
KEYEAST is making an effort to influence and expand into the global market and at the same time grow into a comprehensive media content company.
In addition, KEYEAST has affiliated companies including Stream Media Corporation, SMC, CONTENT Y and CONTENT K. DA is an exclusive distributor of Korean content through KNTV , DATV and Kchan! HanryuTV in Japan, CONTENT Y is a artist management company and CONTENT K is a producer of films and dramas.SM Life Design Group Co., Ltd
SM Life Design Group Co., Ltd
SM Life Design Group is a company engaged in specialized printing (lottery), distribution of blockbusters (create DVD, Blu-ray of Walk Disney, Warner Bros. Korea, Show Box, NEW based on license agreements) and media production (The Last Empress, Sister is Alive, Lingeriee Girls' Generation). The Company became an affiliate of SM Group in 2018 and will open up various business opportunities within the group.
SM Entertainment USA Inc.
SM USA
S.M. Entertainment USA is an affiliate of the top entertainment company in Asia, S.M. Entertainment, and is engaged in marketing, public relations, and management activities on behalf of S.M. artists in America alongside its concerts, fan meetings, album, digital music, and merchandise businesses. The company is also engaged in joint projects with its network of major labels, agencies, and film companies in America.
SM True Co., Ltd.
SM True
S.M. True is a joint venture established by True Group, the largest broadcasting, telecommunication, and distribution company in Thailand, and S.M. Entertainment, the leading entertainment company in Korea. As its exclusive partner in Thailand, the company is engaged in exclusive licensing and sales operations for the entertainers, albums, digital music, and products of S.M., as well as concerts and fan meetings in Thailand. The company is also discovering and fostering new artists as a local management agency for the entertainers of S.M. and new artists of Thailand.
S.M. F&B Development Co., Ltd.
SM F&B Development
S.M. F&B DEVELOPMENT opened ‘Podo-Namu’, a restaurant that offers exquisite home-style Korean cuisine in an elegant atmosphere in Nishi-Azabu, Japan in October 2008. It also opened ‘e-Table’, a private restaurant to enjoy wine, sake, and makgeolli with Korean dishes prepared with a modern touch, in Sinsa-dong in February 2009. S.M. F&B Development opened ‘SMT SEOUL’, a multiplex restaurant in Cheongdam-dong in January 2016 and expanded to America, Japan, China, and Asia from 2016, and will continue to promote the F&B business.
S.M. Brand Marketing
SM Brand Marketing
S.M. Brand Marketing is an affiliate of S.M. Entertainment specializing in discovering various business items using the global company brand, S.M. Entertainment, and also manages brand images. The company is operating SUM, a shop that gives people the chance to experience the lifestyles of celebrities; SUM MARKET, which realizes the concept of CSV (Creating Shared Value) by launching products through collaboration with outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises; and SUM CAFÉ, which is a new type of space for F&B.
SMTOWN Planner Co., Ltd.
SMTOWN PLANNER
With the capability to operate SM Group's lifestyle business and by securing a variety of attractive items outside the company, SMTOWN PLANNER is making efforts to spread the cultural space called “SMTOWN” globally and preparing a new leap forward for SM brands.
DEAR U CO.,Ltd.
DEAR U
everysing is an affiliate of SM Entertainment, the best entertainment company in Asia, and directly develops and operates ‘everysing' which is the best karaoke application in Korea, as well as the interest based community service ‘Lysn’. It also provides “Bubble“ service which artists and fans can communicate via messenger, and artists’ handwritten letter service for fans.
ESteem
ESteem
Esteem is a representative management company in Korea that manages the top models of Korea, fosters new models, and plans and manages the activities of fashion celebrities. With its comprehensive knowhow in the fashion business from the planning, production, and presentation of various fashion content, such as collections and launching shows of renowned foreign fashion brands and top designer brands of Korea, to public relations and systematic distribution systems inside and outside of the country, Esteem has been systematically managing new designers and artists.
galaxiaSM
galaxiaSM
galaxiaSM is the largest sports-entertainment company in Korea. It is expanding its business in various fields, ranging from digital marketing to events, branded content, merchandizing, and healthcare, in which competitive content can be fully utilized based on the value of its celebrities and marketing knowhow.
MYSTIC STORY
MYSTIC STORY
Mystic Story is the new name of Mystic Entertainment. Contents such as music, movies, and TV programs essentially start with a good story. "Mystic Story" is our commitment to create contents with good stories. We will become a contents company that provides unconventional and fresh contents which fits the name, Mystic.
MILLION MARKET
MILLION MARKET
MILLION MARKET은 한국을 대표하는 K-POP 아티스트의 프로듀싱 작업을 통해 축적된 노하우와 체계적인 시스템을 바탕으로 새로운 컨셉과 맞춤 제작 프로듀싱을 실현하는 대표 프로듀싱 엔터테인먼트입니다. 특히 아티스트가 직접 앨범을 기획, 제작하는 체계적인 인하우스 시스템, 올인원 프로듀싱 시스템이 구축되어 있으며 힙합, R&B, 발라드 등 다양한 장르의 소속 아티스트들이 더 넓은 영역에서 활약 할 수 있도록 전문적인 매니지먼트를 지원하고있습니다. 트렌디한 문화와 콘텐츠 제작을 통해 다각도로 음악적 활동영역을 넓혀가는 동시에 음악 산업에 새로운 패러다임을 제시하며 글로벌 뮤직레이블로 성장하고 있습니다.
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