[1] An acquaintance of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi since the early 1980s, Vasile switched cinema for television, reportedly encouraged by his wife Ana Lisa.

[6] After the runaway success of Gran Hermano in 2000, Vasile started to modify Telecinco's programming to focus more on reality shows and tabloid journalism.

While this was popular and helped Telecinco win regular ratings battles, it turned him into a figurehead for the rise of the so-called telebasura [es] ("trash TV") in Spain.

In 2022, amid consistently decreasing viewership figures and being beaten in the ratings by Antena 3 for the first time, Vasile left his position at Mediaset España after 23 years.

[8] After his departure, Telecinco renovated its programming to focus less on tabloid-style chat and reinvent itself as a family-friendly and public service network, with mixed results.