CJ ENM Entertainment Division

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.
* Mnet in South Korea, Japan and America
** M2
*** Studio CHOOM
* 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 (currently only in Malaysia and Indonesia as linear channel, although they provide VOD service across Southeast Asia & Hong Kong)
* 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
* 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 (previously Endeavor Content; Endeavor owned minority shares)
* CJ ENM Digital Studio
** The Bob Studio
** Sapiens Studio
** Studio Waffle

Film – operating as a film production company, film publishing house, film investment production.
* 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.

Management
* 143 Entertainment
* Wake One
* AOMG
* H1ghr Music
* Amoeba Culture
* Swing Entertainment
* Lapone Entertainment (based in Japan, co-managed by Yoshimoto Kogyo)
* Biscuit Entertainment

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 (, later renamed as Netmarble*).
* Eccho Rights – based in Sweden – it later brought 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 mobilising 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.

See also

* CJ Group

Notes

References

External links

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Mass media companies established in 2010
Companies listed on KOSDAQ
Entertainment companies of South Korea
Mass media companies of South Korea
2018 mergers and acquisitions
South Korean companies established in 2010
2018 disestablishments in South Korea