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 ''The Guardian'' 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

Online companies of the United Kingdom Defunct review websites Defunct companies based in London Internet properties established in 2009 {{UK-company-stub