ANDREA MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
Research Director
Broadcasting Standards Commission, United Kingdom

Andrea Millwood Hargrave joined the Broadcasting Standards Commission as Research Director in February 1991.  The Commission’s role is to produce codes of practice, consider audience complaints and to conduct research and monitoring on standards and fairness in broadcasting.
Andrea has commissioned a varied programme of broadcasting research looking at areas within the remit.

In addition Andrea oversees the Independent Television Commission’s audience attitudinal research programme (conducted jointly with the BSC) and consults for the Radio Authority in this area. She also serves as an expert on the Council of Europe Committee looking at on line democracy issues, having previously served on a Committee considering universal access and harmful and illegal content on the Internet.

Before joining the Commission, Andrea was Director of Planning (Marketing) for the first satellite broadcasting outfit in the UK and was also in at the start of cable television in the UK.  She began her working career in the media for one of the commercial television companies.

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