{"id":3441,"date":"2017-10-10T10:36:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvlatina\/enrique-martinez-retire-discovery\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T14:16:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T18:16:36","slug":"enrique-martinez-to-retire-from-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvlatina\/enrique-martinez-to-retire-from-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Enrique Mart\u00ednez to Retire from Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enrique R. Mart\u00ednez is planning to retire from Discovery at the end of 2017, following a 24-year career at the company, where he spent the past 17 years as president and managing director of Discovery Latin America\/US Hispanic (DLA\/USH).<\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez has agreed to stay on in an advisory role for Discovery Networks International (DNI), reporting to JB Perrette, the president and CEO of DNI.\u00a0Fernando Medin, who is currently the executive VP and general manager for Brazil and the Southern Cone, has been promoted to lead the company\u2019s DLA\/USH division, effective January 1, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHenry\u2019s unparalleled vision and expertise in Latin America have built the number one international channels group in the region and driven double-digit growth for many years, creating incredible value for Discovery and our shareholders,\u201d said Perrette.\u00a0\u201cHe has defined what it means to lead with integrity by making clients into friends and building the best Latin American team in the business, including its new leader Fernando Medin. Henry is an incredible leader who has won the admiration of his peers in the industry as well as everyone who has worked with him, and his legacy will endure after a 35-year career in the pay-TV business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an amazing opportunity to work for the best media company in the world and I am lucky to have been able to build and lead the Latin America business during my 24 years at Discovery,\u201d said Martinez. \u201cJoining Discovery fulfilled a dream of working in the region where I was born and raised, in an industry that was ripe for development. I always have been immensely proud of the value, quality and educational aspect of Discovery\u2019s programming and being able to provide the portfolio to the Latin American audience. I am particularly proud of the team we have in place and all that we have accomplished, and\u00a0I look forward to continuing my contributions to Discovery\u2019s international business as I stay on to work with JB and his management team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enrique R. 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