TV Pixie was a British website about television programmes founded in 2009. The company was closed in 2012.

History

TV Pixie was founded by Alex Guest after he left

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, where he was the UK country manager, in 2009. The site was conceived as an ad-funded portal for television viewers to discover new TV programmes and to read reviews. In November 2011, TV Pixie's blog was ranked 140th out of 4,935 television-related sites globally by

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, putting TV Pixie's blog ahead of

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newspaper's TV and radio blog, ranked 210th.

Awards

The company was one of the winners of the IC Tomorrow competition run by the

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in 2011. TV Pixie's entry is a finalist in the Technology Strategy Board's 2012 ''Race For Apps'' contest.

References

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