- Full Time Employees
- 36
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Telecommunications equipment
- Address
- Seoul South Korea
- IPO Date
- Jan 11, 2001
- Business
- SAMHWA NETWORKS Co., Ltd. is a South Korea-based media and entertainment company primarily engaged in the planning, production, distribution, and licensing of television dramas and multimedia digital video content. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company operates as an independent content production house serving domestic terrestrial broadcasters, cable television networks, and international streaming platforms. The company offers a systematic portfolio of media products and entertainment services, including: Television and Digital Video Drama Production, comprising full-cycle series development, scriptwriting, directing, casting, filming, and post-production for prime-time mini-series, daily serials, and streaming originals across multiple genres including melodrama, romantic comedy, crime thriller, and human drama, with a production catalog featuring titles such as Bread, Love and Dreams, Dr. Romantic, The Fiery Priest, Now, We Are Breaking Up, Again My Life, Brain Works, and Wonderful World; Broadcasting and Intellectual Property Rights Licensing, which entails the sale of linear broadcasting rights to domestic networks including KBS, SBS, MBC, and ENA, as well as global syndication and distribution of exclusive digital streaming rights to multinational Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms such as Netflix and Disney+ across Asia, North America, and Europe; Original Soundtrack (OST) and Music Publishing, encompassing musical score composition, soundtrack recording, audio production, digital streaming distribution, and physical album distribution associated with its media franchises; Derivative Media and Ancillary Commercial Services, involving product placement (PPL) advertising, television format exports, intellectual property adaptation rights, and merchandising; and Artist and Talent Management, operated through its entertainment agency subsidiary WS Entertainment Co., Ltd., providing artist management, actor representation, career development, and commercial casting services. The company additionally operates Studio Icon Co., Ltd. as a creative content development subsidiary. In recent strategic developments, Samhwa Networks has expanded its global co-production and platform partnerships to meet international demand for Korean content. The company produced and delivered the drama series Wonderful World for concurrent terrestrial broadcast on MBC and worldwide streaming on Disney+. In September 2026, Samhwa Networks entered into a major production and supply contract with KT Studio Genie to produce the drama series Queen of Taming, slated for broadcast and multi-platform release in 2027. To enhance long-term profitability, the company continues to focus on securing proprietary intellectual property ownership, increasing OTT-targeted pre-production projects, and broadening international content monetization across digital platforms.