Telemundo Communications Group announced that, effective immediately, Patricio Wills will assume a fulltime role as President of Producciones RTI (PRTI), Telemundos strategic joint venture in Colombia focused on the production of Spanish-language telenovelas and series. Telemundo also announced it has already committed several productions to PRTI in 2011 including the highly-rated series Decisiones Extremas. During the transition period, Wills will continue to oversee various projects in Telemundos Miami studios including Aurora and Candela Volcán (in pre-production), as well as the development and production of Telemundos slate of shows for the 2011- 2012 up front season. The transition is expected to be completed by the end of second quarter of 2011.Our investment in PRTI strengthened our strategic production partnership and helped expand our production capacity. Patricios new focus will ensure that PRTI continues to produce world class content for the Telemundo network while allowing PRTI to continue to grow as the demand for first-class original Spanish language content increases around the world, said Don Browne, president of Telemundo.Telemundo also announced that Aurelio Valcárcel is being promoted to Executive Vice President of Telemundo Studios Miami. In his new role Valcárcel will have overall responsibility for all productions out of Telemundo Studios in Miami. Valcárcel has been Executive Producer of more than 15 novelas since he joined Telemundo Studios, including top rated novelas Dónde Está Elisa?, El Cuerpo del Deseo and Más Sabe el Diablo, among many others.
