Mega Star Entertainment

Mega Star Entertainment
General information
Founded	1st April 1981
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea (main) Berlin, Germany (as Sheffield Tunes; MYGIRLS section only) Hamburg, Germany (as Sheffield Tunes; Scooter section only)

Mega Star Entertainment (also known as Sheffield Korea) is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1981 by Kim Jung-hyun. H.P. Baxxter and Rick J. Jordan of Scooter are the current CEOs before Rick J. Jordan's departure of Scooter. It is also called Sheffield Korea, according to Alexandra Kim.

As of 2019, H.P. Baxxter of Scooter operates this company following the original founder, Kim Jung-hyun's death in 2011 due of cancer.

Discography

See also: Mega Star Entertainment Discography

Subsidiaries

• The BOX (1991-present) (name licensed from The BOX Plus Network from the UK; with Imagine Asia) - The main TV channel of the company which broadcasts music and entertainment shows.
  • The BOX Music (2001-present) (name licensed from The BOX Plus Network from the UK; with Imagine Asia) - Formerly known as The BOX Shows, it mainly broadcasts music as of 2018 in honor of the BOX channel becomes an entertainment channel.
• BOX FM (1991-present) (name licensed from The BOX Plus Network from the UK; with Imagine Asia) - It broadcasts music and other shows on the radio version of The BOX.
• BOX Magazine (1991-present) (name licensed from The BOX Plus Network from the UK; with Imagine Asia) - The main magazine group from Mega Star. Their issues are published every month.
• BOX.co.kr (1991-present) (name licensed from The BOX Plus Network from the UK; with Imagine Asia) - The BOX's main website. It contains music, their schedule, and more.
• Fremantle Korea (2???-present) (name licensed from Fremantle) - Mega Star's main production company for their TV shows and more. It produced Music BOX, Sheffield TV, MYGIRLS TV, Scooter TV and more. Since Decode Korea was sold into Channel A Korea, it was announced that Mega Star has no plans to sell Fremantle Korea.

Former Subsidiaries

• MYGIRLS World (2003-2013) - A virtual world made by the girls from MYGIRLS. You can customize your avatar, play games, chat with your friends and more. In 2013, it was announced that Kontor and MegaStar will shut down MYGIRLS World due of lack of popularity. MYGIRLS World had over 100,000,000 users before its shut down in 2013.
• Flipline Studios (2009-2013) - In 2009, Mega Star Entertainment bought Flipline Studios with $80 million. Mega Star later added Flipline Studios games (starting from Papa's Burgeria, Papa's Pizzeria and Papa Louie : When Pizzas Attack! were also added on BOX Games websites; until Papa's Cupcakeria). In 2013, it was announced that Mega Star Entertainment sold Flipline Studios.
• BOX Games (2003-2014) - The BOX's gaming portal website. The most played game was Papa's Freezeria. After Mega Star sold Flipline Studios, Flipline Studios games was still playable until 2014. On 2014, it was announced that Mega Star will shut down its gaming portal. It currently redirects to BOX.co.kr when you type BOXGames.co.kr. It was available both in English and Korean. Most of the users was 50% Koreans, 40% Americans, 2% Canadians, 3% British, while 5% from other country. BOX Games had over 1,000+ games before its closure.
• Decode Korea (1999-2019) - Name is licensed from Wildbrain (formerly DHX Media) for Decode Entertainment. Decode launched a studio in South Korea to produce their own shows on South Korea. Decode Korea's only produced shows are MYGIRLS TV, Sheffield TV, Music BOX, Scooter TV and other The BOX shows, which was aired on The BOX until MYGIRLS's disbandment in 2019. Decode Korea coproduces their shows with Fremantle South Korea (known as FremantleMedia Korea) and BOX Contents Media. In 2019, Decode Korea was sold to Channel A Korea.

Artists

All of the artists under Mega Star Entertainment are collectively known as Mega Star Nation or Sheffield Nation.

Recording Artists

Groups

• Scooter (with Kontor Records & Sheffield Tunes)

Soloists

• H.P. Baxxter (Scooter)
• Jay Frog
• Sayeon (ex-MYGIRLS)
• Ahyeon (ex-MYGIRLS)
• Nahye (ex-MYGIRLS)
• Chaewon (ex-MYGIRLS)

Actors

• Han Ji Won (ex-MYGIRLS)
• Ahn Yoo Yeon (ex-MYGIRLS)
• Kim Ah Yeon (ex-MYGIRLS)
• Park So Lee (ex-MYGIRLS)

Studio Artists

Producers

• H.P. Baxxter
• Sayeon
• bearboi.
• Sick Person
• Lil Troy
• Yumi
• Mindy

Singer-songwriters

• H.P. Baxxter
• Sayeon
• Yooyeon
• Nahye
• Chaewon
• bearboi.
• Sick Person
• Lil Troy
• Yumi
• Mindy

Choreographers

• Kang Ji Hye
• Park Min Hyun
• Ahyeon (ex-MYGIRLS)

Former artists

• MYGIRLS (1997-2019) (K-Pop Girl Group)
  • Dajeong (1997-2011)
  • Minah (2001-2013)
  • Mari (2001-2013)
  • Alexandra Kim (1997-2018; deceased)
  • Hyewoo (2009-2019)
• Scooter
  • Rick J. Jordan (1996-2014)
  • Ferris Bueller (1996-1998)
  • Axel Coon (1998-2002)
  • Phil Speiser (2014-2018)
  • Etnik Zarari (2018-2019)
• Basshunter (2006-2013) (with Dance Nation Records & Ultra Music)
• INNA (2009-2013) (with Ultra Music & Roton Music)
• Cascada (2005-2013) (with Kontor Records & Zooland Records)
• ItaloBrothers (2006-2013) (with Zooland Records)
• Morandi (2007-2010) (with Universal Music Romania)