Horizon Global Electronics
Encyclopedia
Horizon Global Electronics is an electronics
company. Founded in UK in 2001, it manufactures Satellite, Terrestrial and Cable Identification and alignment meters for MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, and the ATSC
, DVB and ISDB
standards.
The company's international headquarters and R&D facility is based in Harlow, UK, with offices in India, and monitoring stations in the UK, India, Australia and the US. Exporting its products to more than 60 countries across the globe.
In 2007 the company won a Queen's Award for Enterprise for its strong export achievements. The company is currently working on development of turbo code
satellite alignment meters such as the HD-TC8 as well as Cable signal strength meters. Horizon works alongside companies like Eutelsat
and DirecTV
for developing installation solutions.
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
company. Founded in UK in 2001, it manufactures Satellite, Terrestrial and Cable Identification and alignment meters for MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, and the ATSC
ATSC
ATSC standards are a set of standards developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee for digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable, and satellite networks....
, DVB and ISDB
ISDB
Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting is a Japanese standard for digital television and digital radio used by the country's radio and television stations. ISDB replaced the previously used MUSE "Hi-vision" analogue HDTV system...
standards.
The company's international headquarters and R&D facility is based in Harlow, UK, with offices in India, and monitoring stations in the UK, India, Australia and the US. Exporting its products to more than 60 countries across the globe.
In 2007 the company won a Queen's Award for Enterprise for its strong export achievements. The company is currently working on development of turbo code
Turbo code
In information theory, turbo codes are a class of high-performance forward error correction codes developed in 1993, which were the first practical codes to closely approach the channel capacity, a theoretical maximum for the code rate at which reliable communication is still possible given a...
satellite alignment meters such as the HD-TC8 as well as Cable signal strength meters. Horizon works alongside companies like Eutelsat
Eutelsat
Eutelsat S.A. is a French-based satellite provider. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, it is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues.Eutelsat’s satellites...
and DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
for developing installation solutions.