DSP Media

DSP Media Co., Ltd

Native name	DSP 미디어
Formerly	Daesung Enterprise (1991–1999) DSP Entertainment (2000-2006) DSP Enti (2006–2007)
Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Genre	K-pop R&B EDM Hip hop
Founded	October 1991 (1991-10)
Founder	Lee Ho-yeon
Headquarters	Mapo-gu, Seoul , South Korea
Key people	Choi Mi-kyung (CEO)
Owner	Lee Ho-yeon
Website	dspmedia.co.kr/dsp

DSP Media (Hangul: DSP 미디어), is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1991 by Lee Ho-yeon. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house.

The label is home to prominent artists such as Oh Jong-hyuk, A-JAX, APRIL, Heo Young-ji, KARD and formerly to pioneering groups SoBangCha, ZAM, COCO, Fin.K.L and Sechskies as well as SS501, KARA and Rainbow. It also manages actors such as Lee Hyun-joo and Cho Shi-yoon.

History

Daesung Enterprise was founded in September 1991 by Lee Ho Yeon to provide entertainment to the public. One of their first Korean music groups was Firetruck (소방차). The group was a hit and is still loved by the older Koreans.

In February 1999, with the success of star groups like Sechs Kies and FIN.K.L., the company went through legal actions to rename itself as DSP Entertainment.

After merging with Hoshin Textile Company (호신섬유) in March 2006, DSP Entertainment was renamed DSP Enti.

In September 2008, DSP Enti was renamed DSP Media. By this time, the company became renowned for its success in the kpop music, Korean drama and TV show production industries.

In March 2010, Lee Ho Yeon suffered a stroke, after which his wife, Choi Mi-kyung began running the company. DSP was the biggest rival of SM Entertainment [3], but since then, the company's success had declined.[4][5]

In the early morning of February 14, 2018, Lee Ho Yeon died at the age of 64, after a long battle with an illness.

Artists

All artists under DSP Media are collectively known as DSP Friends.

Recording artists

Groups

• A-Jax
• April
• KARD

Soloists

• Oh Jong-hyuk
• Heo Young-ji

Actors

• Lee Hyun-joo⁸
• Cho Shi-yoon³

Former artists

Former recording artists

• SoBangCha (1987–1996)
• ZAM (1992–1995)
• CO CO (1994–1995)
• MUE (1994–1999)
• IDOL (1995–1997)
• Mountain (1996–?)
• Sechs Kies (1997–2000)
• Fin.K.L¹ (1998–2005)
• Leeds (1999–2000)
• Click-B² (1999–2006)
• Shyne (2004–2007)
• SS501 (2005–2010)
• Sunha (2007–2009)
• A'st1 (2008–2009)
• KARA (2007–2016)
  • Kim Sung-hee (2007–2008)
  • Nicole Jung (2007–2014)
  • Kang Ji-young (2008–2014)
  • Park Gyu-ri (2007–2016)
  • Han Seung-yeon (2007–2016)
  • Goo Ha-ra (2008–2016)
• Rainbow⁷ (2009–2016)
• Puretty³ (2012–2014)
  • Yoo Hye-in (2012–2014)
  • Jeon Jae-eun (2012–2014)
• A-Jax
  • Sungmin ⁵ (2012–2016)
  • Jaehyung ⁶ (2012–2016)
  • Jihu ⁶ (2012–2016)
• Kasper (2016–2018)

Former actors

• Park So-hyun
• Oh Hyun-kyung
• Kim Hyu Soo (1997–?)
• Jung Hye Won (2010–?)
• Park Jong-chan (2013-?)
• Choi Bae-young
• Baek Seungdo
• Song Chan-ik

Note

• ¹Fin.K.L was formed in 1998. In 2006, the members parted with DSP Media. Although there is continued speculation on the status of the group, Fin.K.L has not officially broken up as a group.
• ²Click-B was formed in 1999. Ha Hyun-gon, Yoo Ho-suk and No Min-hyuk left the group in 2002. They later promoted as a four member group until 2004 and as a three member group in 2006, although there is continued speculation on the status of the group, Click-B has not officially broken up as a group. They reunited as a seven member group with the release of two digital single in 2011, and then reunited again in 2015 releasing a single album and holding a concert.
• ³In January 2014, Puretty officially disbanded with member Jeon Somin, Yoon Chaekyung and Cho Shiyoon remained under DSP Media. Jeon Somin re-debuted with APRIL in 2015 before left the group in November the same year and debuted with K.A.R.D in December 2016. Yoon Chaekyung joined APRIL in November 2016. Cho Shiyoon pursue her acting career.
• ⁴On January 15, 2016 KARA officially disbanded following the expiration contract of Park Gyuri, Han Seungyeon and Goo Hara parted while Heo Youngji remained her solo career under DSP Media.
• ⁵Sungmin left A-JAX in January 2016 to pursue his solo career.
• ⁶On February 5, 2016 Jihu left A-JAX to pursue his acting career while Jaehyung terminate his contract with DSP Media and effectively left A-JAX.
• ⁷On October 28, 2016 Rainbow decided to disbanded following their contract expiration on November 12, 2016.
• ⁸Lee Hyun-joo temporarily hiatus from APRIL in May 2016 due to health issues. In October 2016, it was announced that Lee Hyun-joo officially left the group to pursue her acting career.

Filmography

• Emergency Act 19 (Film, 2002)
• Drama Three Leaf Clover (SBS, 2005)
• My girl (SBS, 2005)
• She (SBS, 2006)
• Yeon Gae So Mun (SBS, 2006)
• Surgeon Bong Dal-hee (SBS, 2007)
• Bad couple (SBS, 2007)
• Heartbreak Library (Film, 2008)
• Making the Star (MBC, 2012)
• Kara Project (MBC, 2014)

External links

• Template:Ko icon DSP Media official homepage – Korea
• Template:Jp icon DSP Media official homepage – Japan
• DSP Media on Twitter
• DSP Media's channel on YouTube