About Fabric

Fabric is the entertainment industry’s leader in data and operations solutions, empowering broadcasters, studios, distributors, producers, and media organizations to connect people with the content they love. Fabric’s platform combines the best of metadata and supply chain management with powerful media resource and workflow solutions, enabling customers to manage identification, editorial, technical, discovery, and AI-generated metadata with ease. By integrating cutting-edge technology with decades of industry expertise, Fabric streamlines operations, enhances decision-making, and drives efficiency across the entire media supply chain.

At Fabric we are fully committed to developing new, and enhancing existing, relevant features that will benefit our user base, partnering with you, as we move into the future. 

As of March 4, 2025, Fabric is pleased to announce the acquisition of BB Media. BB Media is a global Data Science company, specialized in Media and Entertainment for over 37 years. BB Media monitors all Streaming Services around the world, their prices, plans, packages and commercial offers. In addition, all film and series catalogs, including standard metadata. Streaming Platforms, networks, programmers, pay TV providers, agencies, advertisers, studios, distributors, content APPs and technology companies rely on BB Media’s information and value-added analysis to make strategic decisions.

This strategic move marks a significant milestone in Fabric’s mission to provide the most complete, connected, and actionable data ecosystem for the media and entertainment industry. By integrating BB Media’s deep expertise in audience analytics and market intelligence, Fabric is further enhancing its ability to empower customers with the data they need to make informed, strategic decisions.

Introduction to version 11.2

Fabric is pleased to announce the availability of our Xytech 2025 Release 11.2! 

This is the latest release of our Xytech product. Release 11.2 continues our strategy of having smaller, more frequent releases that include both new features and defect fixes. The release pace will be determined by content but will initially be on a 4-10 week cadence.

Xytech 2025 release 11.2 is the latest general availability release for all customers that utilize the Xytech including:

• Customers currently using Media Operations Platform Granite, Media Operations Platform 10.2 / 10.4 / 10.6 / 11.0 / 11.1, or MediaPulse 9.x or earlier. 
• Customers upgrading from MediaPulse versions earlier than 9.x are strongly encouraged to make use of a professional services engagement to assist in the transition.
• Customers migrating from ScheduALL to Xytech including those deploying transmission capabilities for dynamic bandwidth scheduling management.
• Customers previously on a custom source branch of MediaPulse*.

*Note: Source branches were previously used under prior ownership to allow development of new functionality sponsored by a site in advance of standard product development. This helped Xytech flesh out gaps that the site required. That program has now ended. These Branched Sites need to be brought back to the standard Xytech product. If you are currently on a custom branch, please work with your Support Agent for details concerning when an upgrade to the standard product is right for you!

Summary of Product Changes

Bug Fixes

Xytech made a commitment to improving the quality of our products and that commitment continues under Fabric with this release. This release resolves over  130 defects, some of which were reported by customers, the rest found internally by the Xytech QA team using both automated and manual regression testing. Our goal has been, and will always be, to provide the highest quality product possible to you, our valued customers.

Additions and Enhancements

The Xytech 2025 Release 11.2 incorporates 7 feature level additions and enhancements which required over 35 unique user stories. This includes new abilities to manage Scheduling Views, additions to Cancellation Charges, the display of Projects on the Calendar Gadget, improved Bid to Job comparison capabilities and an improved user experience around scrolling in the Transmission Visualizer.

For more information, please refer to the Xytech 2025 Release - Release Log-11.2.

Conclusion

Fabric's Xytech 2025 Release 11.2 is another exciting release for our customers. It continues a consistent cadence of releases, addresses significant product and quality issues for 100s of customers, allowing Fabric to continue to employ agile methodologies in addressing our customers’ needs, reducing our time to market, without increasing risk to our to the stability of the product.

To request this release, please "Submit a Ticket" through the Help Center, and include 'Xytech 2025 Release 11.2' in the subject line.

Thank you for being our customer and partner as we move toward even greater things in 2025!

-Ken Shook, VP of Product Management, and the entire Fabric Team