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Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinHas He Cracked Streaming in Indonesia? Mark Francis on Vidio’s Local Content StrategyPatrick Frater and I spoke to Vidio's head of content strategy Mark Francis just ahead of Friday's showcase. Among other things, we talked about how his hyper-thoughtful local content strategy, taking the line-up broad, wide and deep, and the disciplined risk-taking that is driving growth in Southeast Asia’s largest market. Has he cracked the code for streaming in Indonesia? You decide...
2026-02-0836 min
Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinPolitical Films Get Top Billing at Asia-Friendly Rotterdam FestivalThis week’s “Two The Point with Patrick Frater & Janine Stein” comes to you from the front lines of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), where Patrick has been racing between screenings of Asian films, taking in everything from big-budget Japanese features and silly Korean comedy to titles that have raised political hackles across the region. He talks about the festival’s distinctive positioning and its refusal to be cowed by censorship, institutional power, or controversy and his top two picks so far – campaigning feature documentary “Seoul Guardians” about political events in Korea in December 2024 when the president attempted to impose martia...
2026-02-0523 min
Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinRewriting the Spy Playbook: The Ink Factory's Asia StrategyIn this episode of Two The Point, Janine Stein and Patrick Frater speak with Simon Cornwell, co-CEO and co-founder of The Ink Factory and custodian of the John le Carré literary estate, about adapting premium IP for new markets — and why Asia is central to that strategy.The discussion covers the company's expansion into Asia, including the just-announced adaptation of "The Night Manager" for Chinese audiences as well as the Hindi version out of India, and the creative challenges involved in adapting literary works for different cultural contexts. Cornwell also shares his experiences working with Park...
2026-01-2551 min
Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinA Billion Views Later: Dennis Yang on Scaling Asian Drama on YouTube & Why Feature Films Still Matter in TaiwanStudio76’s Dennis Yang breaks down the economics of YouTube at scale — from his 14 curated channels that have attracted a billion views so far to surprises in global language customisation, connected-TV CPMs, AVOD dominance and what this means to his fledging subsidiary, Studio 886. A candid conversation about data, discovery, how YouTube is reshaping content value for producers, broadcasters and buyers worldwide, and why – despite the challenges – he's still committed to theatrical feature film production.
2026-01-1840 min
Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinAsia’s Screen Economy Reset: Who Wins the Next 5 Years? In conversation with MPA’s Vivek CoutoMedia Partners Asia’s annual five-year forecast for the Asian screen entertainment sector is essential reading for industry watchers. The firm’s CEO and managing partner Vivek Couto this week joins “To the Point With Patrick Frater and Janine Stein” to do a deep dive into the reshaping of a $200 billion marketplace.Couto predicts that the overall Asia-Pacific business will continue to grow over the five years to 2030, but that value and investment will shift steadily away from linear TV, the old economy bedrock, and further into streaming and online.He identifies social video and premium...
2026-01-0947 min
Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinMicrodrama Moments: COL Group’s Enoch Chen & Timothy Oh on the terminology the shifts, the hits, fails, shocks & what the world can learn from China.Unpacking what microdrama actually is — and why the terminology matters. Rather than simply “vertical video”, microdrama is defined by fast-paced, bite-sized storytelling designed for mobile-first consumption, where narrative hooks, emotional shocks and speed matter more than stars, directors or traditional production values.The conversation explores why romance, revenge and power-shift storylines dominate the space, driven initially by female audiences in their 30s and 40s — and why male-driven stories are now gaining serious traction, with some titles generating extraordinary view counts in days rather than weeks. While genre boundaries are expanding, accessibility and instant emotional engagement remain critical.The discussion also bre...
2026-01-0223 min
Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinTo the Point: Avatar's Mortality, Korea's China hopes and the Kosmetics of Price of ConfessionTo The Point returns with a wide-ranging tour of Asia’s entertainment business.Janine Stein and Patrick Frater take the temperature of the regional box office, unpacking Avatar’s uneven performance across China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, and what it says about mature versus growth markets. They also look at India’s surprise hit Dhurandhar and what it signals for Hindi cinema’s comeback.The conversation then turns geopolitical, examining tentative signs of a Korea–China thaw, the politics behind long-running content bans, and the very real commercial consequences for talent caught in the crossfire...
2025-12-2624 min
Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinCountdown to "Avatar: Fire and Ash" in Asia, FAST: IP graveyard or opportunity? & more [19 Dec 2025]This week on Two The Point, Janine Stein and Patrick Frater break down the biggest stories shaping Asia’s entertainment business — from cinema to streaming to corporate strategy.We start with "Avatar 3: Fire and Ash", as the franchise rolls out across Asia and emerges as a key bellwether for the health of theatrical cinema. With early box-office signals from South Korea and China, we ask what success — or underperformance — would really mean for the region’s film industry.From there, we look at Asian films on the Oscars shortlist, and what global awards visibility now looks like for Asian cinema.We...
2025-12-1930 min
Two The Point with Patrick Frater and Janine SteinThe Asia tangle post Warner sale; what was [& wasn't] said at CineAsia; crisis [or not] at S'pore moviesIn this episode of 2 / The Point, veteran Asia film and TV journalists Janine Stein and Patrick Frater reflect on a week that captured the contradictions shaping Asia’s screen businesses as 2025 draws to a close.Coming out of the annual ATF in Singapore earlier this month, energy and attendance were strong, conference rooms were full and conversations were lively. And yet... caution reigns. Buyers are selective, order books are thin and many are waiting for global conditions to settle before committing to 2026. And THAT was before the Warner/Netflix/Paramount Skydance news...At CineAsia, the an...
2025-12-1435 min
The CloseOn-Screen Content Outlook for 2025Janine Stein, Editorial Director of ContentAsia talks on trends on what we might be seeing on our screens next year.
2024-12-2714 min
Fast Cut PodcastFCP 004 - Cobra Kai, Godfather 3, MOA Drive-in Cinema, The Batman, etc.Netflix acquired and will make season 3 of Cobra Kai, The Godfather Part III Will Be Recut and Re-released, SM Mall of Asia Turns Concert Grounds Into Drive-In, Battinson, The Batman' indefinitely postponed after Robert Pattinson 'tested positive for COVID-19', etc.
Links:
Cobra Kai
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7221388/
MTRCB wants to regulate Netflix
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/09/04/2040023/mtrcb-wants-regulate-netflix
Erik Matti wins best director for ‘Island of Dreams’ at 1st ContentAsia Awards
https://entertainment.inqu...
2020-09-0637 min