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Description of Business, Organization and Principles of Consolidation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of Business, Organization and Principles of Consolidation

Note 1. Description of Business, Organization and Principles of Consolidation

  

Description of Business

  

One Horizon Group, Inc (“the Company”) has the following core businesses following the acquisition of 123Wish Inc., Love Media House, Inc (formerly called C-Rod, Inc.), Banana Whale Studios PTE Ltd and Browning Productions & Entertainment, Inc. in the year ended December 31, 2018 (See Note 3). The core trading businesses are:

  

  (i) Secure Messaging – offers digitally secure messaging software and sells licenses primarily into the gaming, security and educational markets.
  (ii) 123Wish – an experience based platform where subscribers have a chance to play and win experiences from celebrities, athletes and artists.
  (iii) Love Media House (formerly called C-Rod) - a full-service music production, artist representation and digital media business.
  (iv) Banana Whale Studios (“BWS”) – a B2B software provider in the online gaming industry that develops and supplies online games to Asian gaming platforms. The interest in BWS was disposed on in February 2019 (see note 4)
  (v) Browning Productions & Entertainment - a television filming and production company was acquired on October 23, 2018.

  

The Company is based in the United States of America, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and the United Kingdom.

  

Current Structure of the Company

 

The Company has the following subsidiaries:

  

    Subsidiary name % Owned
  123Wish, Inc. 51%
  One Horizon Hong Kong Ltd 100%
  Horizon Network Technology Co. Ltd 100%
  Love Media House, Inc 100%
  Global Phone Credit Limited 100%
  Browning Production & Entertainment Inc. 51%

 

In addition to the subsidiaries listed above, Suzhou Aishuo Network Information Co., Ltd (“Suzhou Aishuo”) is a limited liability company, organized in China and controlled by us via various contractual arrangements. Suzhou Aishuo is treated as one of our subsidiaries for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

  

In February 2019 the Company entered into to an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Maham LLC.

 

All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.