Nacho Contreras

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I have been with the company for 10 years, specifically since 2015 when Telefónica and Canal Plus merged to become Movistar Plus.
My work began 30 years ago at Canal Plus, I come from a television family. My grandfather was one of the first directors at RTVE, my father was a photojournalist and later director of “Jara y Sedal” and I, after studying Audiovisual Communication, embarked on Canal Caza y Pesca, to date.
I have always been a producer, I still am, I consider it my profession, although I have been the director of the channel since 2018. The job of a leader in a TV channel is exciting, demanding and extremely unpredictable, even more so in the case of a channel specializing in nature.
With a football match you know when and where it is, an interview can be scheduled, and most television formats are planned with practically zero improvisation.
In nature we never know what is going to happen, we can't summon a roe deer to be filmed, and we never know what is hiding under the water, so we are used to uncertainty and long days in extreme conditions and wonderfully hostile places.
In reality, it is quite similar to the business world, it is still a jungle with hunters and prey, disappointments and joys, practically on a daily basis, pure and simple survival in which patience is fundamental, as is adapting to the environment, in this case the communication environment, and a good backpack of skills that get you out of trouble and allow you to react in time in an unpredictable environment.