KeyEast (Korean: 키이스트; stylized in all caps) is a management agency founded by actor Bae Yong-joon.
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KeyEast Co., Ltd. |
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Hangul | (주)키이스트 |
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Revised Romanization | (Ju)Kiiseuteu |
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Formerly | Tuneboom Korea Co., Ltd. |
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Company type | Public |
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| KRX: 054780[1] (November 14, 2003) |
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Industry | Entertainment |
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Founded | October 8, 1996 (1996-10-08) (as Tuneboom Korea Co., Ltd. (한국툰붐 주식회사)) |
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Founder | Bae Yong-joon |
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Successor | Auto Wintech (오토윈테크) |
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Headquarters | 5th floor, KeyEast, 96 Road 26, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam District, , South Korea |
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Key people | Bae Yong-joon (chairman) Park Seong-hye (CEO) |
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Services | - Artist management
- Merchandising and licensing
- Planning and production of cultural content
- Broadcasting
- Investment
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Revenue | 20,687,309,140 won (June 30, 2015) |
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| 1,894,744,879 won (June 30, 2015) |
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| 1,848,842,998 (June 30, 2015) |
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Total equity | 39,802,328,288 won (June 30, 2015) |
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Owner | SM Entertainment (33.70%)[2] |
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Number of employees | 64 (June 30, 2015) |
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Parent | SM Studios |
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Subsidiaries | - Content K
- Content N
- Stream Media Corporation
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Website | KEYEAST |
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- October 8, 1996 – Tuneboom Korea Co., Ltd. (한국툰붐 주식회사) was established.
- November 2003 – Tuneboom Korea was listed at KOSDAQ.
- June 2004 – Tuneboom Korea changes corporate name to Auto Wintech Inc. (오토윈테크 주식회사).
- March 2006 – Auto Wintech changes again to its current name, KeyEast Co., Ltd. (주식회사 키이스트).
- July 2006 – KeyEast acquires BOF Corp. (주식회사 비오에프) and made it a subsidiary.
- February 2008 – KeyEast advances to Japan, forming BOF Entertainment.
- June 2008 – KeyEast organized a premium event for The Legend at the Osaka Dome.
- August 2008 – KeyEast opens the Japanese entertainment portal BOFI.
- January 2009 – KeyEast and JYP Entertainment established a joint venture, Holym.
- May 2009 – KeyEast acquires Japanese company Digital Adventure Inc. (株式会社デジタルアドベンチャー) (TYO: 4772) and made it an affiliated company. After the acquition by SM Entertainment, it was re-named Stream Media Corporation.
- January 2010 – KeyEast and BOF Corp. merge into one company, with KeyEast as the surviving entity.
- December 2010 – KeyEast enters the television production industry through the Korean drama Dream High.[3]
- July 2012 – KeyEast advances to China.[4]
- March 2018 – SM Entertainment acquired KeyEast Entertainment with a controlling stake of 25.12%.
- March 2022 – KeyEast acquired production company Studio flow with a 31.58% stake.[5]
- After receiving approval for the merger agreement with Oboi Project Co., Ltd. at the board meeting held on August 9, 2022, each company completed the necessary procedures for the merger, and at the board meeting held on September 14, 2022, it was resolved to replace the merger completion report general meeting in accordance with Article 526, Paragraph 3 of the Commercial Act with a board of directors resolution and public notice, and therefore the fact of the completion of the merger is reported to each shareholder by public notice.[6]
Actors
- Bae Jung-nam (2021–present)
- Jeong Ji-hwan
- Ji Hyun-joon
- Kim Dong-wook (2016–present)
- Kim Jae-chul
- Lee Tae-vin (2021–present)
- Shin Yun-seob
- Yoon Jong-hoon (2021–present)
(주)키이스트. "키이스트". www.keyeast.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-09-06.