FNC Entertainment

FNC Entertainment (KoreanFNC 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.

FNC Entertainment
Native name
에프엔씨엔터테인먼트
FNC 엔터테인먼트
FormerlyFNC Music (2006–2012)
Company typePublic
KRX: 173940
Industry
Genre
FoundedDecember 14, 2006 (2006-12-14)
FounderHan Seong-ho
Headquarters,
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 list
Websitewww.fncent.com

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

TitleNetworkYearNotes
Thank You, My SonKBS 2TV2015
Who Are You: School 2015KBS 2TV2015
Click Your HeartMBC every1 / Naver TV2016
Becky's BackKBS 2TV2016
Band of SistersSBS2017
My Only Love SongNetflix2017
Sweet EnemySBS2017
Lingerie Girls' GenerationKBS 2TV2017with Signal Entertainment Group
Run OnJTBC / Netflix2020
JinxKakaoTV2021with Kakao Entertainment, Studio S, and MAYS Entertainment

Variety

TitleNetworkYearNotes
Weekly Idol (Season 1)MBC every12011
Carefree TravellersJTBC2016
Idol RoomJTBC2018
Problem Child in HouseKBS 2TV2018with KBS Entertainment Production

Film

TitleDirectorYearNotesRef.
P1H: The Beginning of a New WorldYoon Hong-Seung2020with 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:

ShareholderTypeCountryShareReference
Han Seong-hoIndividual
(founder and CEO)
22.02%[citation needed]
Suning Universal MediaCompany
(SZSE: 000718)
22.00%[5]
Han Seung-hoonIndividual
(Han Seong-ho's brother)
8.78%[citation needed]
Kakao MCompany
(KRX: 016170)
5.14% → 0.02%[6][7]
Kim Soo-ilIndividual
(Han Seong-ho's wife,
CEO of ONE Company)
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

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