TV Pixie

TV Pixie was a British website about television programmes founded in 2009. The company was closed in 2012.[1]

TV Pixie
Type of businessPrivate
Available inEnglish
FoundedLondon, UK, 2009 (2009)
HeadquartersLondon
Founder(s)Alex Guest
URLtvpixie.com
AdvertisingDisplay
RegistrationOptional
Current statusDefunct (2012)

History

TV Pixie was founded by Alex Guest after he left Zattoo, 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.[2]

In November 2011, TV Pixie's blog[3] was ranked 140th out of 4,935 television-related sites globally by Technorati, putting TV Pixie's blog ahead of The Guardian newspaper's TV and radio blog, ranked 210th.[4]

Awards

The company was one of the winners of the IC Tomorrow competition run by the UK Government's Technology Strategy Board in 2011.[5]

TV Pixie's entry is a finalist in the Technology Strategy Board's 2012 Race For Apps contest.[6]

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References
  1. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/tv-pixie
  2. Smith, Patrick (30 June 2009). "Industry Moves: Zattoo UK Manager Alex Guest Launches TV Start-Up". paidContent:UK. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  3. TV Pixie blog http://tvpixie.com/tv-news
  4. "Television sites". Technorati. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  5. "Film & TV Panel winners announced". innovateuk.org. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  6. "Race For Apps Contest". innovateuk.org. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
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