CJ ENM Entertainment Division
Native name |
씨제이이엔엠 엔터테인먼트 부문 |
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Type | Division |
KRX: 130960 (15 October 2010 to 1 July 2018) |
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Industry | |
Predecessor |
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Founded | March 1, 2011 |
Founder | CJ Group |
Successor |
CJ ENM (as a standalone public company) |
Headquarters | , |
Area served |
Worldwide |
Key people |
NICO (CEO) |
Parent | |
Website |
www |
CJ ENM Entertainment Division (Hangul: 씨제이이엔엠 엔터테인먼트 부문), formerly known as CJ E&M, is a South Korean entertainment and mass media division (formerly company) of CJ ENM. In July 2018, the company merged with the parent company's subsidiary CJ O Shopping, with the latter being the surviving entity.
History
CJ E&M was established as O Media Holdings in 2010.
In 2011, the company renamed to CJ E&M (short for CJ Entertainment & Media) following the merger of seven CJ Group company : CJ Media, On-Media, Mnet Media, CJ Entertainment, CJ Games, CJ Internet, and the media division of CJ O Shopping.
In 2016, CJ E&M sets up its South East Asia headquarter in Hong Kong in a bid to expand the group's major development plan in Asia.
In 2018, CJ E&M established an office in Singapore to advance the company's channel distribution and advertising sales support in the region. In May 2018, it was announced that CJ E&M and CJ O Shopping merged into new company CJ ENM (CJ Entertainment and Merchandising), which will be launched on July 1.
Business
Present
Media Content – operating as a media company and television program production.
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Mnet in South Korea, Japan and America
- M2
- Studio CHOOM
- M2
- tvN family of networks
- tvN in South Korea and Asia
- tvN Drama (formerly OtvN)
- tvN Show (formerly XTM and XtvN)
- tvN Story (formerly known as the first iteration of Olive)
- tvN D (web content division)
- tvN Sports (formerly known as the second iteration of Olive)
- tvN Movies (they provide VOD service across Southeast Asia & Hong Kong in addition to the linear channel in Indonesia, Malaysia, and in Pinoy-dubbed the Philippines)
- OCN family of networks
- OCN
- OCN Movies (formerly Home CGV and Channel CGV)
- OCN Movies 2 (formerly OCN Action, Super Action and OCN Thrills)
- OCN Studio (content division)
- CATCH ON family of networks
- CATCH ON 1
- CATCH ON 2
- CATCH ON VDO (On-demand)
- Chunghwa TV
- Tooniverse
- DIA TV
- UXN
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Studio Dragon
- Culture Depot
- GT:st
- Gill Pictures
- Hwa&Dam Pictures
- KPJ Corporation
- Studio Dragon Japan (Japan; co-owned with Line Digital Frontier and CJ ENM)
- Mega Monster (5.86%)*
- Merrycow Creative (19%)*
- Next Scene (19.98%)*
- CJ ENM Studios
- Blaad Studio
- Bon Factory Worldwide
- Egg Is Coming
- JS Pictures
- AStory (10.71%)*
- Studio Take One
- Fifth Season (co-owned with Endeavor and Toho International)
- CJ ENM Digital Studio
- The Bob Studio
- Sapiens Studio
- Studio Waffle
Film – operating as a film production company, film publishing house, film investment production.
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CJ Entertainment
- Cinema Service
- Dexter Studios (5%)*
- Filament Pictures
- Skydance Media (unknown percentage; based in the United States)*
- CJ ENM Studios
- JK Film
- M Makers
- Moho Film
- Yong Film Inc.
- Studio Dragon
- 413 Pictures
- Movie Rock (20%)*
- True CJ Creations - A joint venture with the True Corporation of Thailand, mainly used to create Thai adaptations of Studio Dragon shows.
Music – operating as an artists management, record label, music production company, event management, concert production company, music publishing house and entertainment investment company.
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Management
- 143 Entertainment
- Wake One
- AOMG
- H1ghr Music
- Amoeba Culture
- Swing Entertainment
- Lapone Entertainment (based in Japan, co-managed by Yoshimoto Kogyo)
- Biscuit Entertainment
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Distribution
- Stone Music Entertainment
- Genie Music (15.35%)*
Convention – operating as a concert production company, festival production and producing award event.
- MAMA Awards
- KCON
- Valley Rock Music & Arts Festival
- Get It Beauty CON
- OLive CON
Performing Arts – operating as a theatrical production company.
Animation – operating as an animation production company, animation publishing house, animation investment production and merchandising animation content.
- InfinityOne Comics Entertainment
- Studio Bazooka
- CJ ENM Studios
- Cartoon Family
Media Solution – developing and producing marketing content and providing integrated marketing solutions.
Former
- Belift Lab (51.5%) – a joint venture with Hybe Corporation – later sold its shares to Hybe in August 2023.
- CJ E&M Game Division – publisher and developer of games – spun off in 2014 as an independent company named CJ Netmarble (Korean: 씨제이넷마블; RR: CJ Netmabul, later renamed as Netmarble*).
- Eccho Rights – based in Sweden – later bought by Night Train Media.
* denotes a company wherein CJ ENM or any of its subsidiaries has a minority interest.
Controversies
In April 2015, CJ E&M was accused of mobilizing young employees to fill the seats of its annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders in an attempt to silence shareholders.
In October 2015, CJ E&M and its US-based subsidiary CJ E&M America were sued by Seoul-based music agency DFSB Kollective for copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the Central District Court of California, with the latter seeking to get $50 million. Responding to the suit, CJ E&M accused DFSB of being unhappy on the final decision on a similar lawsuit filed in Seoul in 2011. The first trial was set for 1 March 2016 after the court rejected CJ E&M's motion to dismiss the case.