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Videovillage

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Korean multi-channel network founded in 2014 that manages YouTube creators and produces original studio content.

Also known as VIDEO VILLAGE ยท ๋น„๋””์˜ค๋นŒ๋ฆฌ์ง€ ยท ์ฃผ์‹ํšŒ์‚ฌ ๋น„๋””์˜ค๋นŒ๋ฆฌ์ง€

Investors ยท 3

Colopl NextTokyo

Also in the syndicate ยท 2

COLOPLleadDongmoon Partnerslead

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Videovillage (๋น„๋””์˜ค ๋นŒ๋ฆฌ์ง€, VIDEO VILLAGE) is a South Korean new-media and digital content company incorporated in October 2014 and operating as a multi-channel network (MCN). It partners with a roster of YouTube creator channels and produces original programming through in-house studios, positioning its output as content for millennial and broader audiences. Its headquarters is in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and Yeom Jin-ho serves as representative director.

The company's business lines cover creator discovery, development and management; digital advertising sales and planning; YouTube content production and channel management; digital content distribution and platform management; and outsourced content production and agency management of client YouTube channels. Its partnered creator roster includes channels such as ๊ณต๋Œ€์ƒ ๋ณ€์Šน์ฃผ, ๊ณต๋Œ€์ƒ๋„ค ๊ฐ€์กฑ, ํ–„ํŠœ๋ธŒ, ์ฝ”๋ฆฌ์•ˆ๋ธŒ๋กœ์Šค, OSSC, ํŒ€๋ธŒ๋ผ๋”์Šค, ์˜ค๋งˆ์ด๋น„ํ‚ค and others.

Alongside creator partnerships, Videovillage runs its own studio channels with distinct formats: ์”จ๊ทธ๋„V (dating/entertainment), ๋ณด์ด์ฆˆ๋นŒ๋ฆฌ์ง€ (challenge entertainment), ์ŠคํŠœ๋””์˜คV (social-themed video), ์ž‡์ธ ์˜ค์ผ€์ด (tech reviews by university students), ํ‘ธ๋”ง (food/mukbang), ์บ ํ•‘๋ชจ๋“œ (camping) and ํ”ฝํ”Œ (review-driven commerce).

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources โ€” announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Timeline ยท 25

launches, deals, and filings
Dec 2019
Named 2019 KMCNA 'MCN Company of the Year'

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Oct 2019
Took over management of Korea Tourism Organization YouTube channel

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Sep 2019
Participated in RAPA '2019 One-Person Media Expo' with a booth

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Aug 2019
Grand prize, BCWW 2019 New Media Content Award

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Jul 2019
Operated Jeollabuk-do Content Korea Lab creator training program

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Jun 2019
Series A-scale investment from COLOPL

Raised Series A-scale investment from Japanese mobile game company COLOPL.

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May 2019
Took over management of Samyang Foods brand YouTube channel

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Apr 2019
Operated KOCCA New Media Lab 1st cohort program

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Feb 2019
Operated Samsung Card Young Lab marketer development program

Ran the 8th and 9th Samsung Card Young Lab marketer (YouTube creator) development programs.

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Oct 2018
Operated Daegu Content Korea Lab genre-specialized development program

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Oct 2018
Operated Dobong-gu Office 'Open Changdong creator education' program

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Jun 2018
Operated KOCCA MCN creator 3rd cohort program

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Sep 2017
Operated Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture MCN program

Awarded operation of the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture's everyday-arts MCN activation project.

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Jun 2017
Selected as mentor for Google YouTube Business Accelerator

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May 2017
Operated KOCCA creator development program

Ran a creator development project for the Korea Creative Content Agency.

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Oct 2016
Ran RAPA solo media creator training program

Operated a one-person media creator training course with the Korea Radio Promotion Association (RAPA).

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Jul 2016
Ran Innisfree beauty creator training program

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Jun 2016
Hosted second Naver TV creator competition

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Mar 2016
Venture business certification and corporate research institute established

Received venture company certification and established an in-house research institute certified by KOITA.

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Feb 2016
Appointed board member company of the MCN Association (MCNA)

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Jan 2016
Twitter Video Awards 2015 win

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Jan 2016
Hosted first Naver TV Cast creator competition

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Oct 2015
KRW 600 million investment from Dongmoon Partners and Capstone Partners

Raised 600 million won in investment from Dongmoon Partners and Capstone Partners.

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Mar 2015
Distribution agreements with 12 platforms

Signed content distribution contracts with 12 companies including Naver, YouTube, Kakao and Pikicast.

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Oct 2014
Incorporation of Video Village Co., Ltd.

The company was established as a corporation in October 2014.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

โ–ธResearch sources ยท 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Videovillage do?
Korean multi-channel network founded in 2014 that manages YouTube creators and produces original studio content.
Who are Videovillage's investors?
Videovillage's investors include Colopl Next.