Andrea Amey

Chief Digital Officer

Andrea Amey

Andrea Amey is accountable for the adoption of digital practices across the company and seeking out areas of digital innovation. Her remit includes the operational leadership of digital products, partnerships and UKTV's streaming service, UKTV Play, and she reports to UKTV's Managing Director, Sam Tewungwa.

Andrea brings extensive experience to the role having spent the last 10 years at Channel 5 overseeing the broadcaster's VoD remit. Her most recent role was Senior Director for VoD Product and Service Management, where she led the VoD content and production teams and oversaw the strategic direction of My5. Andrea was also responsible for the build and development of the second generation of My5 on TVs, set-top boxes and mobile devices, launched third party channels and supported SVoD expansion onto Amazon and BritBox.

Previously, Andrea was the Head of Digital Content at Channel 5 where she led the editorial, VoD content and analytics teams, and she also held the role of Managing Editor for three years prior. In her early career, Andrea held positions at Synacor, Age UK, Global radio and spent two years as the Chief Editorial Manager at Virgin Media.