Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine Stein

A fast, frank briefing on Asia’s screen businesses.

Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine Stein is a tv podcast hosted by Patrick Frater, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Patrick Frater hosts Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine Stein, a tv show with 19 episodes published.

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  Mid-Year Movie Check: Inside Asia's Box Office with Artisan Gateway's Rance Pow

  Jul 26, 202638 min

  China's box office is down nearly 40% year-over-year. So why does Rance Pow – founder of Artisan Gateway, which providesofficial China box office numbers to Hollywood studios – still believe China will one day be the world's biggest cinema market? In this mid-year check-in, hosts Patrick Frater and Janine Stein talk to Rance about a pivotal six months for Asian cinema: a disappointing Chinese New Year, small-budget breakout hit “Dear You”, the record-breaking successes, and the paradox of a shrinking box office alongside a growing number of cinema screens. Plus: quick-fire takes on Korea's prolongedslump, the rise of Indonesia and Vietnam, India’s regional cinema strength, why Singapore's box office keeps falling, and what streaming's "second life" for theatrical misses means for producers. Guest: Rance Pow, Founder and CEO of Artisan Gateway, an international film and cinema consulting firm based in Los Angeles. “Two The Point with Patrick Frater & Janine Stein” is produced by F Media and ContentAsia.

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  Episode #21

  The APOS Debrief: What Asia's Media Industry Heard in Bali

  Jun 21, 202626 minS1

  <p>Our highlights from Media Partners Asia's annual APOS event in Bali last week, where there was hot and cold running AI and Microdrama, lots of talk about sports and India, with insights into Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The unofficial agenda was all about changes at Disney in Asia and high-drama in Korea on multiple fronts. More about that later; meanwhile, here's the rundown for this episode 👇00:00 – Thomas Tull on AI00:47 – Korea's collapse and piracy fatigue03:12 – Reframing piracy as "cybercrime"05:11 – Vivek Couto's state-of-the-industry address06:33 – Local beats Hollywood: the travelability argument07:08 – Korea's "apocalyptic" collapse and the regional rebalance08:52 – Microdrama 09:51 – Telco bundling: microdram...

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  Episode #21

  The APOS Debrief: What Asia's Media Industry Heard in Bali

  Jun 21, 202626 minS1

  Our highlights from Media Partners Asia's annual APOS event in Bali last week, where there was hot and cold running AI and Microdrama, lots of talk about sports and India, with insights into Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The unofficial agenda was all about changes at Disney in Asia and high-drama in Korea on multiple fronts. More about that later; meanwhile, here's the rundown for this episode 👇00:00 – Thomas Tull on AI00:47 – Korea's collapse and piracy fatigue03:12 – Reframing piracy as "cybercrime"05:11 – Vivek Couto's state-of-the-industry address06:33 – Local beats Hollywood: the travelability argument07:08 – Korea's "apocalyptic" collapse and the regional rebalance08:52 – Microdrama 09:51 – Telco bundling: microdrama's monetisation fix11:24 – The US vs Asia microdrama envy12:22 – India's ad-supported microdrama market14:35 – Microdrama: beyond the CEO romance16:43 – The AI conversation begins18:33 – Thomas Tull's AI mandate: "the meat, not the condiment"22:00 – Asia's falling tech stocks22:51 – Tencent, Alibaba, Sony and Nintendo under pressure25:01 – What happens next25:42 – Wrap, and what's coming next weekHosts: Janine Stein, Patrick FraterPodcast: Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine Stein — a co-production by ContentAsia and PF Media#APOS2026 #AsianContent #Microdrama #ReelShort #AITools #KoreanDrama #ContentAsia #StreamingNews #VerticalVideo #MediaPartnersAsia

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  Episode #19

  Who Owns Attention Now? Vivek Couto on Asia's New Power Map

  May 24, 202637 minS1

  <p>Hi-anxiety over advertising. Search for a saviour in microdrama. YouTube valued at $600 billion. Netflix worth more than Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros and Sony combined. And a winter freeze settled into Korea.</p><p>MPA executive director Vivek Couto joins Patrick Frater and Janine Stein three weeks before APOS Bali to map where gravity has shifted — and what broadcasters, streamers and content makers need to do about it.</p>

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  Episode #17

  How One Festival Changed Asian Cinema

  Apr 25, 202634 minS1

  <p>What does it take to run an Asian film festival in Europe dedicated to mainstream popular movies, not arthouse cinema? In this episode of Two The Point, hosts Patrick Frater and Janine Stein sit down with Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, the powers behind the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, to explore the festival's 28-year journey from a risky Hong Kong cinema initiative to one of Europe's most important platforms for Asian talent.Sabrina and Thomas reveal how they convinced Hong Kong filmmakers that Italian audiences genuinely wanted martial arts and action films – not just critically acclaimed ar...

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