2.4.0.80008 - Disclosure - 1. Description of Business, Organization and Principles of Consolidationtruefalsefalse1false falsefalseFrom2013-01-01to2013-06-30http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000225211duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_AccountingPoliciesAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Accounting Policies [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_BusinessDescriptionAndBasisOfPresentationTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00Description of Business   One Horizon Group, Inc., (the Company or Horizon) develops proprietary software primarily in the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and bandwidth optimization markets (Horizon Globex) and provides it under perpetual license arrangements (Master License) throughout the world. The Company sells related user licenses and software maintenance services as well.    Organization   On November 30, 2012, the predecessor company ICE acquired all of the stock of One Horizon Group plc (OHG), a company incorporated in the United Kingdom through the issuance of 17,853,476,138 shares of common stock of the Company. Upon completion of this transaction the former shareholders of OHG controlled approximately 96% of the outstanding stock of the Company and OHG was deemed the acquiring entity. The share exchange has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition. The historical combined financial statements of OHG form the consolidated financial statements presented. For accounting purposes ICE was considered to have been acquired as of November 30, 2012.   The consolidated financial statements reflect the deemed acquisition of ICE by OHG and the recognition of the 696,030,538 shares of common stock, with a fair value of $170,000, at November 30, 2012.   On December 31, 2012 the Company sold the operations of Global Integrated Media Limited and Modizo for the return of 42,000,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $420,000. These companies were subsidiaries and divisions of ICE.   Interim Period Financial Statements   The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the Securities and Exchange Commissions instructions. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The results of operations reflect interim adjustments, all of which are of a normal recurring nature and, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for such interim period. The results reported in these interim consolidated financial statements should not be regarded as necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. Certain information and note disclosure normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and regulations. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the six months ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2013.    Principles of Consolidation and Combination   The June 30, 2013 consolidated financial statements include the accounts of One Horizon Group, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries OHG, Horizon Globex GmbH, Abbey Technology Gmb, One Horizon Hong Kong Limited and Horizon Network Technology Co. Ltd.   The comparative statement of operations, comprehensive income and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 include the combined accounts of One Horizon Group plc, Horizon Globex GmbH and Abbey Technology GmbH. These combined financial statements present the carve-out combined financial position and results of operations of OHG without including the accounts of Satcom Global, a group of former wholly-owned subsidiaries of OHG, which were disposed of in October 2012. All revenues, expenses, gains and losses, assets and liabilities related to the Satcom Global business have been eliminated from these combined financial statements.    All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the business description and basis of presentation concepts. Business description describes the nature and type of organization including but not limited to organizational structure as may be applicable to holding companies, parent and subsidiary relationships, business divisions, business units, business segments, affiliates and information about significant ownership of the reporting entity. 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