FNC Entertainment

South Korean entertainment company
  • Entertainment
Genre
  • K-pop
  • R&B
  • Dance
  • Ballad
  • Dance-pop
  • Rock
FoundedDecember 14, 2006 (2006-12-14)FounderHan Seong-hoHeadquarters
Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Han Seong-ho (Founder and Chairman)
Ahn Seok-joon (CEO)
Han Seung-hoon (CEO, Han Seong-ho's brother)
Cho Sung-wan (President)
Kim Yong-sung (Director)Services
  • Music production
  • Licensing
  • Artists Management
SubsidiariesSee listWebsitewww.fncent.com

FNC Entertainment (Korean: FNC 엔터테인먼트; stands for "fish and cake") is a South Korean entertainment company established in 2006 by South Korean singer and record producer Han Seong-ho. The label operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. It has since January 2012, been based in its own company offices in Cheongdam-dong.

The name is based on the miracle of feeding the multitude using only five loaves and the two fish. This is because Han Seong-ho is a devout Christian, he uses the name to hope for more miracles happen for the company.

The label is home to prominent musical artists such as rock bands F.T. Island, CNBLUE and N.Flying, and K-pop groups SF9, P1Harmony and AMPERS&ONE. It also manages a number of entertainers, including Lee Guk-joo and Moon Se-yoon, and a number of actors, including Jung Hae-in, Lee Dong-gun, Sung Hyuk and Rowoon.

Artists

FNC Entertainment entrance

Recording artists

Soloists

Groups

Sub-units & Project Groups

Actors and Actresses

Entertainers

FNC Entertainment Japan

  • Prikil
  • Hi-Fi Un!corn

Former artists

Former recording artists

Former actors and actresses

Former entertainers

Discography

Filmography

Drama

Title Network Year Notes
Thank You, My Son KBS 2TV 2015
Who Are You: School 2015 KBS 2TV 2015
Click Your Heart MBC every1 / Naver TV 2016
Becky's Back KBS 2TV 2016
Band of Sisters SBS 2017
My Only Love Song Netflix 2017
Sweet Enemy SBS 2017
Lingerie Girls' Generation KBS 2TV 2017 with Signal Entertainment Group
Run On JTBC / Netflix 2020
Jinx KakaoTV 2021 with Kakao Entertainment, Studio S, and MAYS Entertainment

Variety

Title Network Year Notes
Weekly Idol (Season 1) MBC every1 2011
Carefree Travellers JTBC 2016
Idol Room JTBC 2018
Problem Child in House KBS 2TV 2018 with KBS Entertainment Production

Film

Title Director Year Notes Ref.
P1H: The Beginning of a New World Yoon Hong-Seung 2020 with Chang Pictures, distributed by Lotte Entertainment and KakaoTV [4]

Ownership

As of June 2016, FNC Entertainment's stocks are owned by the following individuals and/or companies:

Shareholder Type Country Share Reference
Han Seong-ho Individual
(founder and CEO) 		South Korea 22.02% [citation needed]
Suning Universal Media Company
(SZSE: 000718) 		China 22.00% [5]
Han Seung-hoon Individual
(Han Seong-ho's brother) 		South Korea 8.78% [citation needed]
Kakao M Company
(KRX: 016170) 		South Korea Decrease 5.14% → 0.02% [6][7]
Kim Soo-il Individual
(Han Seong-ho's wife,
CEO of ONE Company) 		South Korea 3.36% [citation needed]

Subsidiaries

  • FNC Academy
  • SM Life Design Group (formerly FNC Add Culture, acquired in 2016; acquired by SM Entertainment in 2018)
  • Film Boutique (acquired in 2017; acquired by HB Entertainment ko in 2019 )
  • Genie Pictures (acquired in 2018)
  • FNC Entertainment Japan
  • FNC Global Training Center
  • Love FNC Foundation (official CSR arm)
  • FNC Story
  • FNC B (joint venture with HOW Entertainment)
  • FNC Investment

References

  1. ^ www.fncent.com. "FNC Entertainment Actors". www.fncent.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ "AOA 설현, 10년 함께한 FNC 떠난다[공식]" (in Korean). October 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "체리블렛, 결국 데뷔 5년만 해체 "따뜻한 응원 부탁"(전문)". m.entertain.naver.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  4. ^ "창". 다음영화 (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  5. ^ "Suning Universal to acquire South Korea's FNC". China Go Abroad. November 24, 2015. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  6. ^ Park Soo-jeong (June 10, 2015). "(HOT ISSUE) 로엔, FNC엔터테인먼트 지분 5.14% 취득..단순 투자 목적 '시너지 기대' (LOEN acquires 5.14% stake in FNC Entertainment for investment purposes... simple "synergy expectations")". 10Asia. Hanguk Kyungjae. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  7. ^ Sung Si-jung (June 7, 2016). "(엔터지배구조) 로엔, 홍콩계 사모펀드에서 카카오로 최대주주 변경 ((Entertainment Governance) LOEN undergoes maximum change in shareholders: from Hong Kong PEF to Kakao)". eToday BizEnter. eToday Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on June 12, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.

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