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“SAMG Entertainment’s ‘Secret Catch! Teenieping’ Wins Presidential Award at South Korea Content Awards”

  • – December 13th, 2023: National Central Museum Hosts the 2023 Republic of Korea Content Awards Ceremony
  • – SAMG Entertainment’s ‘Secret Catch! Teenieping’ Honored with Grand Prize (Presidential Award)
  • – SAMG Entertainment Proves Itself as a Leading Animation Studio for Kids… Continuing to Write the History of Kids Content

On the 13th, SAMG Entertainment (CEO Suhoon Kim, hereafter SAMG) announced that “Secret Catch! Teenieping” received the Presidential Award in the animation category at the ‘2023 Republic of Korea Content Awards’ held at the National Central Museum.

Organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and hosted by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), the ‘Republic of Korea Content Awards’ is a prestigious ceremony that selects and celebrates individuals and outstanding contents that have contributed to the development of the content industry in South Korea.

In its fifteenth edition this year, the ‘Republic of Korea Content Awards’ bestowed the Grand Prize, the Presidential Award, upon SAMG’s “Secret Catch! Teenieping.” The series was highly praised for its high level of completion, from the scenario to the world view, characters, and is expanding both domestically and internationally.

Launched by SAMG in 2020, the ‘Catch! Teenieping’ series has become a mega-content with a kids’ fandom of two million in South Korea alone. Achieving milestones such as cumulative figure sales of 4.5 million units, surpassing a peak viewership rating of 20%, and securing the top spot in domestic and international OTT platforms, the series set a new record in kids’ intellectual property (IP) within three years of its launch.

Building on the success of the “Catch! Teenieping” series, SAMG is introducing a new breeze to the content business model. Beyond enjoying animation and merchandise, the company recently opened ‘Teenieping World in Pangyo’ at Parnas Mall in Gyeonggi Province, presenting a new content business model that provides immersive and exciting experiences to fans.

Suhoon Kim, CEO of SAMG Entertainment, expressed gratitude to the fans who love “Secret Catch! Teenieping,” stating, “We will continue to grow as a company that presents a new paradigm in the content industry based on our strong IP production capabilities.”