Mega Monster
South Korean TV series production company
Mega Monster (Korean: 메가몬스터; RR: Megamonseuteo) is a South Korean TV series production company and a subsidiary of Kakao Entertainment.
The company was founded in 2014 as Story Plant by Kim Yang and Koo Bon-geun, and was a subsidiary of CJ E&M (known now as CJ ENM). In 2017, it was fully acquired by Kakao Entertainment's predecessor Kakao M. Since then, a portion of the stake has been acquired by KakaoPage Corp. (another predecessor of Kakao Entertainment) and Studio Dragon, a subsidiary of CJ Group.
History
November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20): Story Plant was founded in Goyang City by former SBS and MBC producers Kim Yang and Koo Bon-geun (who was the company's first CEO). CJ E&M acquired it later on.
January 9, 2015 (2015-01-09): Heart to Heart, a 16-episode TV series, premiered on tvN. It was the company's first production, in cooperation with Chorokbaem Media.
May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04): A Bird That Doesn't Sing, a 100-episode TV series, was aired on tvN.
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29): We Broke Up, a 10-episode web series based on the same-titled Naver WEBTOON, was distributed by Naver TV, and later aired on OnStyle. It was produced in association with then-parent CJ E&M and YGKPlus.
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27): Happy Home, a 51-episode TV series, was aired by MBC TV.
May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10): LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment), a subsidiary of Kakao, acquired Story Plant from CJ E&M, as well as the distribution and licensing rights to its productions (from the latter's subsidiary Studio Dragon).
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