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                                                                   Exhibit 10.33

                                 AV ALARM, INC.
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     The Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") is executed on and effective as
of October 21, 1994 (the "Effective Date") by and between AV Alarm, Inc. a Texas
corporation (the "Corporation"), and James R. Hull ("Employee").

                                    RECITAL:

     The Corporation and the Employee desire to enter into an employment
agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement.

                                   AGREEMENTS:

     The Employee and the Corporation agree as follows:

1. Employment. The Corporation hereby employs the Employee and the Employee
hereby accepts employment with the Corporation, on the terms arid conditions set
forth in the Agreement.

2. Term. The term of the Employee's employment under this Agreement shall
commence with the date hereof and terr4nate on October 31, 1997, provided, such
employment shall be renewable, commencing on November 1, 1997 and each November
1 thereafter, for successive one year periods expiring on October 31 of the
following year, unless written notice of nonrenewal is given by the Corporation
to the Employee on or before October 1, 1997 or October 1 during any subsequent
renewal period (the Employee's term of employment is referred to as the
"Employment Period"). If the Corporation terminates the Agreement, it will be
deemed to be a termination without "Cause", subject to section 6(c), unless the
Agreement is then being reviewed and renegotiated in good faith by the
Corporation.

3. Duties. The Employee will faithfully and to the best of his ability perform
the duties of Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of
the Corporation or any other duties assigned to him by the board of directors of
the Corporation (the "Board of Directors") from time to time.

4. Compensation.

     (a) Base Salary. The Employee shall receive a base salary of $150,000 (the
"Base Salary") (such Base Salary shall be payable in regular and equal
semi-monthly installments). The Base Salary will be increased by a minimum of
10% on November 1 of each year during the Employment Period.

     (b) Incentive Compensation. The Board of Directors shall evaluate the
Employee's performance annually. The Employee shall be eligible for such bonuses
as the Board of Directors. in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

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     (c) Life Insurance. The Corporation shall pay the premiums on a term life
insurance policy in the amount of $750,000 on Employee's life, provided Employee
is insurable at commercially reasonable rates, and the proceeds thereof shall be
payable to the Employee's designated beneficiary or if no beneficiary is
designated, to the Employee's estate.

     (d) Indemnification. The Employee shall be entitled to indemnification as
an officer and director of the Corporation to the same extent as the other
executive officers and directors of the Corporation.

5. Fringe Benefits.

     (a) Generally. The Employee shall receive such fringe benefits as are made
available by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. and such other benefits
as the Board of Directors may from rime to time, in its sole discretion, make
available to the Employee.

     (b) Vacation. The Employee shall be entitled to receive four (4) weeks paid
vacation annually, or more if the Corporation's vacation policy so provides,
provided that the Employee may take no more than two (2) consecutive weeks of
vacation at a time.

6. Termination of Employment.

     (a) Termination for Cause. During the term of this Agreement, the
Corporation shall be entitled to terminate the Employee's employment at any time
(subject to the 10-day notice period provided in paragraph 6(b) in the event of
Nonperformance by Employee) with Cause immediately upon written notice to the
Employee specifying the Cause, and the date of termination. For this purpose,
"Cause" shall mean (i) the Employee's death or disability as defined in the
disability insurance policy to be obtained by the Corporation for Employee or in
the absence thereof, a disability which in the reasonable opinion of the Board
of Directors renders the Employee unable in any material respect to perform his
duties under this Agreement, for a period of at least six consecutive months,
(ii) any act by Employee which renders or could reasonably be expected to render
Employee or the Corporation, ineligible to obtain any material license or other
material autho4ization necessary to conduct the business of the Corporation,
(iii) any wrongful act to enrich Employee at the expense of the Corporation,
(iv) any act or failure to act by or of the Employee constituting gross
negligence, fraud or willful misconduct in the course of employment, (v)
Employee's commission of a felony, or (vi) Employee's repeated failure to follow
lawful and reasonable directions given by or on behalf of the Board of
Directors. A voluntary termination by Employee shall be deemed to be a
termination for "Cause." In the event of termination for Cause, payments for
Base Salary shall be prorated to the date of termination and the Corporation
shall have no further liability to the Employee.

     (b) Termination for Nonperformance by Employee. During the term of this
Agreement, the Corporation shall be entitled to terminate the Employee's
employment at any rime upon ten days prior notice for a material adverse
deviation between the Corporation's actual results from operation or financial
condition as compared with the Corporation's business plan or future plans
approved on an annual basis by the Board of Directors ("Nonperformance by
Employee"). In the event of a termination for Nonperformance by Employee, as the
Employee's

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sole remedy against the Corporation, the Corporation shall continue to pay the
employee his semi-monthly installments of Base Salary, arid provide for health
insurance at the cost of the Corporation, for a period equal to the greater of
six months or until the next anniversary date of this Agreement.

     (c) Termination Without Cause. If this Agreement is terminated by the
Corporation for any reason other than for Cause or Nonperformance by Employee,
or if the Agreement is terminated by the Corporation for what the Corporation
believes is Cause and it is ultimately determined that the Employee was
terminated without Cause, as the Employee's sole remedy against the Corporation,
the Corporation shall continue to pay the employee his semi-monthly installments
of Base Salary, and provide for health insurance at the cost of the Corporation,
for a period equal to the lesser of 24 months or until October 31, 1997, and the
Employee shall have such vesting rights as may be provided under the Employee's
Stock Option Agreement with the Corporation attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     (d) Duty to Mitigate; Restrictions of Ability to Pay. After any termination
to which section 6(b) or section 6(c) applies, the Employee shall as promptly as
practicable use his good faith best efforts to gain new employment or equivalent
salary and benefits. The Corporation's post-termination payment obligations
under section 6(b) or section 6(c) shall terminate upon Employee's first day of
new employment.

7. Inventions and Improvements. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, as a condition to Employee's employment, the Employee and the
Corporation shall enter into the Proprietary Information Agreement attached as
Exhibit B.

8. Nondisclosure; Non-solicitation. (a) In the Employee's position of
employment, he will have access to confidential information and trade secrets
("Confidential Information") pertaining to, or arising from, the business of the
Corporation. The Employee acknowledges that such Confidential Information is
unique and valuable to the Corporation's business and that the Corporation would
suffer irreparable injury if this information were divulged to those in
competition with the Corporation. Therefore, the Employee agrees to keep in
strict secrecy and confidence, both during and after the period of his
employment, any and all information which the Employee acquires, or to which the
Employee has access, during employment with the Corporation, that has not been
publicly disclosed by the Corporation or that is not a matter of common
knowledge by the Corporation's competitors. The Confidential Information covered
by this Agreement shall include, but shall not be limited to, information
relating to any inventions, processes, formulae, plans, devices, compilations of
information, technical data, distribution methods, arrangements entered into
with suppliers and customers, including but not limited to pricing information,
terms of purchase and sale, proposed expansion plans of the Corporation,
marketing and pricing strategies and trade secrets of the Corporation.

     (b) Except with prior written approval of the Corporation, during or after
the Employee's employment under this Agreement the Employee will neither (i)
disclose any Confidential Information to any person except authorized personnel
of the Corporation, on its subsidiaries or affiliated companies, nor (ii) use
Confidential Information in any way. Upon termination of the Employee's
employment, whether voluntary or involuntary the Employee will promptly return
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the Corporation all documents, records or other memorializations including
copies of and any documents and any notes which the Employee has prepared, that
contain Confidential Information or relate to the Corporation's business.

     (c) Without the prior written consent of the Corporation, during the term
of Employee's employment by the Corporation and for twelve months after
termination of Employee's employment, neither the Employee nor any entity owned
or controlled by the Employee will, for the Employee's benefit or the benefit of
any third party, directly solicit the employment of any employee of the
Corporation, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliated companies or influence or
induce any such employee to leave or decline employment by the Corporation, or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliated companies. Employee shall not be
prohibited from hiring a former employee of the Corporation as long as such
employee's employment with the Corporation has been terminated (whether by the
Corporation or by such employee) for at least one year.

9. Noncompetition.

     (a) During the term of this Agreement, and for a period of two years
following termination of this Agreement for any reason, except for termination
without Cause, the Employee will not and will cause any Affiliate (as defined
below) of the Employee (collectively, the "Bound Parties") not to, directly or
indirectly manage, operate, control, participate or engage in, or become
interested in or connected with in any way (including, without limitation, as a
partner, stockholder, investor, owner, director, officer, employee, agent or
consultant, except the ownership of five percent or less of the outstanding
capital stock or partnership interests of a publicly traded corporation or
partnership), or lend any money to or guaranty any obligations of (except for
the ownership of five percent or less of the outstanding debt securities of a
publicly traded corporation or partnership), any person, business, firm or
entity (each a "Person") engaged in any security alarm monitoring services
business or any other related or similar activity within, based in, or into, the
Protected Market. The "Protected Market" means the United States of America and
Canada. The term "Affiliate" means any person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, the person with
respect to whom the term "Affiliate" is used. The Bound Parties shall not be
bound by any covenant not to compete if Employee's employment (i) was terminated
by the Corporation without Cause or (ii) if the Employment Period is nor renewed
by the Corporation, unless Employee refuses to accept an offer by the
Corporation to renew the Employment Period on terms substantially similar to
those in effect immediately prior to the expiration of the Employment Period.

     (b) As consideration for the Bound Parties' agreement riot to compete with
the Corporation as provided in this Agreement, the Corporation has entered into
and consummated the transactions contemplated in the Asset Purchase Agreement
dated this date between the Corporation and My Alarm, Inc., an Iowa corporation,
and the Stock Purchase Agreement dated this date between the Corporation and the
Purchasers (as defined therein).

     (c) This Agreement is necessary for the protection of the legitimate
business interests of the Corporation. The scope of this Agreement in time,
geography arid types and limits of activities is reasonable.

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     (d) Because of the confusion to the customers of the Corporation and to the
public that a breach of this Agreement would create, the Corporation will not
have an adequate remedy at law if any of the Bound Parties breaches this
Agreement. The Corporation will be entitled to apply to any court of competent
jurisdiction for an injunction prohibiting any violations of the provisions of
this Agreement, and a restraining order and/or injunction may issue against any
of the Bound Parties, in addition to any other rights the Corporation may have.
The Bound Parties hereby waive the claim or defense that an adequate remedy at
law exists, and none of' the Bound Parties will urge in any, such action or
proceeding that any such remedy at law exists.

10. Specific Performance. In the event of any controversy concerning the rights
or obligations of the parties under this Agreement, such rights or obligations
shall be enforceable in a court of equity by a decree of specific performance.
Such remedy, however, shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall be in
addition to any other remedy to which the parties may be entitled. If either
party successfully prosecutes an action to enforce its rights under this
Agreement, such party shall be entitled to receive attorney's fees and costs in
addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled.

11. Waiver. The failure of either party to insist, in any one or more instances,
upon performance of the terms or conditions of this Agreement shall not be
construed as a waiver or a relinquishment of any right granted under this
Agreement or of the future performance of any other remedy to which it may be
entitled.

12. Notices. Any notice to be give under this Agreement shall be deemed
sufficient if addressed in writing, and delivered by registered or certified
mail or delivered personally, in the case of the Corporation to its principal
business office and in the case of the Employee, to his address appearing on the
records of the Corporation, or to such other address as he may have designated
in writing to the Corporation.

13. Severability. In the event that any provision shall be held to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, it is agreed such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement and the
remaining covenants, restrictions and provisions hereof shall remain in full
force and effect and any court of competent jurisdiction may so modify the
objectionable provision as to make it valid, reasonable and enforceable.

14. Amendment. This Agreement may only be amended with the prior written consent
of the Board of Directors and by an agreement in writing signed by all of the
parties hereto.

15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws but not the law of conflicts of the State of
Texas.

16. Benefit. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
and shall be enforceable by and against the Corporation, its successors and
assigns, and Employee, his heirs, beneficiaries and legal representatives. it is
agreed that the rights and obligation of the Employee may not be assigned or
delegated except as specifically set forth in this Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Employment Agreement as
of the Effective Date.

EMPLOYEE:

/s/ James R. Hull                        October 21, 1994
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James R. Hull

CORPORATION:

AV Alarm, Inc.

By: /s/ James R. Hull                    October 21,1994
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    James R. Hull
    President

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.34

                                    AGREEMENT

     This Agreement dated as of August 18, 2003 (this "Agreement"), is entered
into between James R. Hull ("Hull") and Monitronics International, Inc., a Texas
corporation (the "Corporation").

     In consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein, together with
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Transaction Fee. If the Corporation completes a sale of debt securities
or any derivative thereof or enters into a credit facility in a transaction or
series of related transactions, with total borrowings by the Corporation in
excess of $475,000,000 or such lower amount as approved by the board of
directors prior to February 1, 2004 (the "Transaction"), Hull shall receive a
transaction fee of $2,000,000 in cash payable at the closing of the Transaction
(the "Transaction Fee"); provided, however, that if Hull ceases to be employed
by the Corporation voluntarily or for "Cause" (other than pursuant to clause (i)
of the definition thereof) or "Nonperformance by Employee" (as those terms are
defined in Hull's Employment Agreement dated October 21, 1994 with the
Corporation) prior to February 1, 2005, Hull shall refund a portion of the
Transaction Fee to the Corporation equal to the product of (A) $1,200,000 times
(B) the quotient of (i) the remainder of 549 (representing the number of days
from and including the date hereof to and including January 31, 2005) minus the
number of days from and after the date hereof that Hull was employed by the
Corporation divided by (ii) 549.

     2. Initial Stock Repurchase. Effective upon the closing of the Transaction,
the Corporation shall grant Hull the option (the "Initial Put Option"),
exercisable within 90 days of the closing date of the Transaction, to require
the Corporation to repurchase up to 400,000 shares of its Class A common stock
held by Hull or the Hull Family Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") at a
purchase price of $2.50 per share payable in cash. Hull shall allocate such
shares to be sold between Hull and the Partnership in Hull's sole discretion. If
Hull desires to exercise the Initial Put Option, he shall give written notice to
the Corporation within 90 days of such closing of his desire to exercise the
Initial Put Option, specifying the number of shares to be sold to the
Corporation by each of Hull and the Partnership (the "Initial Put Option
Notice").

     3. Put Option. Effective upon the closing of the Transaction, the
Corporation shall grant Hull the option (the "Put Option"), exercisable no more
than once in each of the five fiscal years of the Corporation commencing with
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004 and ending with the fiscal year ending June
30, 2008, to require the Corporation to repurchase for cash a number of shares
of common stock of the Corporation not to exceed the number of Available Shares
(as defined below) held by Hull or the Partnership for cash at a price per
Available Share equal to the Put Price. The "Put Price" per Available Share
shall be equal to the amount that would have been distributed to a holder of one
share of common stock in a liquidation of the Corporation on the final day of
the prior fiscal year in accordance with the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation as in effect on such day, assuming that: (a) the aggregate amount
to be distributed in such liquidation is (i) the product of (x) the Consolidated
Cash Flow (as defined in

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"Description of Notes-Definitions" in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated
August 1, 2003 with respect to the Corporation's offering of senior subordinated
notes due 2010 (the "Offering Memorandum")) for the last quarter of the prior
fiscal year on an annualized basis multiplied by (y) 5.6, minus (ii) the sum of
the total amount of Indebtedness (as defined in the "Description of
Notes-Definitions" in the Offering Memorandum) as of the end of such prior
fiscal year plus the aggregate amount that would be paid to holders of preferred
stock who did not exercise their conversion rights in the liquidation and (b)
the conversion or exercise in full of all options, securities or other rights
that were convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, common stock of
the Corporation, whether or not vested, and that would have been in the money
with respect to a liquidation on the date that such aggregate amount was
available for distribution. By September 30 of each year beginning with
September 30, 2003 and ending on September 30, 2007, the Corporation shall
deliver to Hull a computation of the Put Price for the fiscal year of the
Corporation previously ended. As used herein, (a) the "Available Shares" shall
mean the quotient of the Base Amount divided by the Put Price, and (b) the "Base
Amount" shall mean the sum of $500,000 plus, for each prior fiscal year of the
Corporation in which the exercise price for the Put Option required to be paid
to Hull was less than $500,000, the remainder of $500,000 less the amount
required to be so paid. As an example of the foregoing, the Base Amount for the
exercise of the Put Option in fiscal year 2004 would be $500,000. As another
example of the foregoing, if Hull does not exercise the Put Option in fiscal
year 2004 and exercises the Put Option in fiscal year 2005 and is paid $250,000
for the Available Shares sold pursuant thereto, the Base Amount for the exercise
of the Put Option in fiscal year 2006 would be $1,250,000 (i.e., $500,000 +
$250,000 + $500,000). If Hull desires to exercise the Put Option, he shall give
written notice to the Corporation of his desire to exercise the Put Option,
specifying the number of shares to be sold to the Corporation by each of Hull
and the Partnership (together with the Initial Put Option Notice, the "Notice").

     4. Closing of Each Purchase and Sale. The closing of each purchase and sale
pursuant to the exercise of the Initial Put Option or the Put Option shall take
place on a date mutually agreeable to Hull and the Corporation, but in no event
later than 30 days after the date of the applicable Notice, and shall take place
at the principal offices of the Corporation in Carrollton, Texas at 10:00 a.m.,
Dallas, Texas time, or at such other place and time mutually agreed to in
writing by the Corporation and Hull; provided, however, that if in the good
faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the
Corporation is not able to purchase the number of shares from Hull set forth in
the Notice on the scheduled closing date because such purchase would either
violate the Texas Business Corporation Act (the "TBCA") or would be prohibited
under any indenture, credit agreement or other agreement applicable to
borrowings by the Corporation that it is a party to (collectively, the "Credit
Agreement"), the Corporation shall repurchase the maximum amount of shares from
Hull that it may lawfully and contractually repurchase on such date and shall
repurchase the remainder on the earliest possible date or dates thereafter that
it can lawfully and contractually do so under the TBCA and the Credit Agreement.
At each such closing pursuant to Section 2 or 3, Hull and/or the Partnership
shall deliver to the Corporation the certificates representing the shares to be
purchased and sold, duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by blank stock
powers, and the Corporation shall pay Hull and/or the Partnership the purchase
price therefore by certified or cashiers' bank check payable to the order of
Hull or the Partnership, as directed by Hull.

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     5. Stock Option Plan. After the closing of the Transaction, if the
Corporation establishes any stock option plans for the directors or executive
officers of the Corporation while Hull is the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation, Hull shall be awarded options to purchase at least 10% of the
shares of capital stock available for issuance by the Corporation under any such
plans and the options awarded to Hull shall, among other terms that may provide
for periodic or early vesting, vest no later than upon a change in control of
the Corporation, Hull's termination of employment by the Corporation without
cause, or Hull's death or disability (all as shall be defined in his option
agreements with respect to such options).

     6. Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement and all rights of the parties
hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Each of the
parties hereto hereby agrees that the state and federal district courts located
in Dallas County, Texas shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or
dispute arising from this Agreement or the parties' actions in connection
herewith.

     7. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered,
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together,
shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

     8. Severability. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be found by
a court of law to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as
of the date first above written.

                                         /s/ James R. Hull
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                                        James R. Hull

                                        Monitronics International, Inc.

                                        By: /s/ Michael Meyers
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                                        Name: Michael Meyers
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                                        Title: VP and CFO
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