MBK Entertainment

Native name	MBK 엔터테인먼트
Formerly	GM Planning (1999–2007) Core Contents Media (2007–2014)
Traded as	Unlisted company
Industry	Music Entertainment
Genre	K-pop R&B nu-disco
Founded	January 9, 2007 (2007-01-09) (Core Contents Media) October 14, 2014 (2014-10-14) (MBK Entertainment)
Founder	Kim Kwang-soo
Fate	Defunct in 2022. Most of the music catalogs were sold to Beyond Music, while the publishing rights were held by Dreamus.
Headquarters	Yeoksam, Gangnam, Seoul , South Korea
Key people	Kim Tae-kyung (CEO)
Services	Music production Licensing Record distribution Artists Management
Parent	CJ E&M Music (2006–2009) MBK (2014–2016)
Subsidiaries	DAP Sound (2014) PocketDol Studio (2017) M25 (2022)

MBK Entertainment (Korean: MBK 엔터테인먼트) was a South Korean entertainment company established by Kim Kwang-soo. MBK Entertainment is known for managing multiple successful K-pop artists, such as T-ara, DIA, Davichi, SeeYa, F-ve Dolls, Shannon, Coed School, and SPEED.

The company was originally founded in 1999 as GM Planning. The company was absorbed by Mnet Media in 2006, following Kim Kwang-soo joint with CJ Group as their director. In 2007, the company re-launch as Core Contents Media under Mnet Media. In September 2009, Kim Kwang-soo was removed from the list as director of Mnet Media and then effectively his own company ended business with Mnet Media.

On October 1, 2014, Core Contents Media had been acquired by MBK Co., Ltd. (formerly CS ELSOLAR Co., Ltd.) and renamed as MBK Entertainment (abbreviation for "Music Beyond Korea").^[1][2]

In December 2016, MBK Entertainment parent company MBK suspended their entertainment business.^[3]

In May 2018, Kim Kwang-soo and its subsidiary label The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project Culture Industry Company (then-known as PocketDol Studio) were revealed that secretly partnership with PD Han Kyeong-cheon to produce survival program The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project. He also confirmed that he would be focused as producer for winning group UNB and UNI.T.^[4][5]

In October 2018, MBK and MBC launched a talent show titled Under Nineteen, a contest for male trainees under the age of 19 years old to compete for a spot to be in a new K-pop idol group 1the9. The final winners would sign a 12-month contract under MBK (then PocketDol Studio) after a 5-month contract with MBC.^[6]

In April 2020, MBK representation contestant in Produce X 101, Hangyul and Dohyon debuted as duo H&D under PocketDol Studio. In May 2020, DIA were transferred to sub-label PocketDol Studio ahead of their June comeback.^{[citation needed]}

As 2022, the company closed after moving the company to its subsidiary PocketDol Studio.^{[citation needed]}

Former artists

• SG Wannabe (2006–2009)
• SeeYa ¹ (2009–2011)
  • Kim Yeon-ji (2009–2011)
  • Lee Bo-ram (2009–2016)
• Black Pearl (2007–2012)
• Yangpa (2007–2012)
• Supernova ¹⁷ (2007–2012)
• Coed School ⁸ (2010–2013)
  • Kangho ³ (2010–2011)
• Davichi (2008–2014)
• Hong Jin-young (2009–2014)
• Gangkiz ¹⁰ (2012–2014)
  • Hwang Ji-hyun (2012–2013)
  • Kwak So-min (2012–2013)
  • Jo Eun-byul (2012–2013)
• F-ve Dolls ¹¹ (2011–2015)
  • Lee Soo-mi ⁴ (2009–2012)
  • Huh Chan-mi ⁵ (2010–2012)
  • Seo Eun-kyo (2011–2015)
  • Oh Yeon-kyung (2013–2015)
  • Han Na-yeon (2013–2015)
  • Jin Hye-won (2010–2015)
  • Ryu Hyo-young (2010–2016)
• Koh Na-young (2015)
• Kwang Toh (2014–2015)
• SPEED ¹⁴ (2012–2015)
  • Kwangheng ⁷ (2010–2012)
  • Noori ⁷ (2010–2012)
  • Taewoon ¹³ (2010–2015)
  • Taeha (2012–2016)
  • Jongkook (2012–2016)
  • Sungmin (2010–2016)
  • Jungwoo (2010–2016)
• The SeeYa ¹⁴ (2012–2015)
• HighBrow (2015–2016)
• T-ara (2009–2017)
  • Hwayoung ⁶ (2010–2012)
  • Areum ⁹ (2012–2014)
  • Boram (2009–2017)
  • Soyeon (2009–2017)
  • Qri (2009–2017)
  • Eunjung (2009–2017)
  • Hyomin (2009–2017)
  • Jiyeon (2009–2017)
• Nutaz (2014–2017)
• Shannon (2011–2019)
• Kim Dani (2012–2019)
• DIA (2015–2022)
  • Cho Seung-hee ¹⁵ (2013–2016)
  • Eunjin ¹⁶ (2015–2018)
  • Jenny (2015–2019)
  • Somyi (2017–2022)
  • Lee Ju-eun (2017–2022)
  • Yebin (2015–2022)
  • Ki Hui-hyeon (2015–2022)
  • Eunice (2015–2022)
  • Eunchae (2016–2022)
  • Jung Chae-yeon (2015–2022)

Former actors

• No Min-woo (2009–2012)
• Nam Gyu-ri ² (2006–2014)
• Ha Seok-jin (20??–2015)
• Choi Soo-eun ¹⁰ (2012–2015)
• Lee Hae-in ¹⁰ (2012–2016)
• Kim Gyu-ri (2014–2016)
• Son Ho-jun (20??–2016)
• Baek Da-eun (2016)^[7]
• Kim Ga-hwa ¹⁰ (2012–2017)
• Kim Min-chae (2014–2017)
• Yoon So-ra (2014–2017)
• Kim Min-hyung (2014–2017)
• Jun Jae-hyun ¹⁰ (2012–2017)
• Moon Hee-kyung (2015–2017)
• Park Se-jun (2016–2018)
• Park Sang-won (20??–2019)
• Kim Yu-hwan (2012–2019)

Note

Discography

Filmography

• Death Bell (2008)
• Cinderella Man (2009)
• Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp (2010)
• Sweet Temptation (2015)
• The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project (2017–2018)
• Under Nineteen (2018–2019)
• Miss Trot (2019)
• Produce X101 (2019)
• Mr Trot (2020)
• My Teenage Girl (2021-2022)