What BB Media does

Fabric is a unified data platform serving the global entertainment industry, providing media operations software, metadata management, and market intelligence to studios, broadcasters, streamers, and distributors. The company operates through two product families: Xytech, a cloud-native media operations suite covering planning, resource scheduling, transmission coordination, and order management (built on 30+ years of broadcast operational expertise), and Origin, a metadata and intelligence ecosystem comprising Origin Studio (metadata management and catalog operations, fully EIDR-compatible), Origin Nexus (metadata enrichment REST API), and Origin Insights (market intelligence across 600+ streaming platforms and 249 countries, built on 1.5 billion+ proprietary human-verified data points). Underlying technology is a cloud-native platform with REST API architecture that integrates with enterprise systems including MAM platforms, ERP, rights management, and delivery systems, with Origin Insights additionally accessible via Claude MCP for natural-language queries.

Fabric operates a SaaS subscription revenue model serving 300+ enterprise customers worldwide, primarily through a direct enterprise field sales motion evidenced by a 'Request a Demo' call to action on its website. The company is privately held, ISO/IEC 27001 certified, and US-incorporated. Distribution is global with no geographic restrictions disclosed, and go-to-market combines consultative enterprise sales with API-first self-serve technical access for platform, studio, and distributor engineering teams. Marketing channels include LinkedIn, YouTube, content marketing via a Trends/Blog section, industry events, and developer-facing API documentation portals. Named customer logos disclosed include MGM and EPIX.

Name

BB Media

Legal name

Fabric

Website

https://bb.vision

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fabric is a SaaS platform providing media operations software, metadata management, and entertainment market intelligence to 300+ enterprise studios, broadcasters, streamers, and distributors across 249 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Operations and Metadata Software

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Distribution (7829), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Title Mastering, Packaging & Deliverables (IMF, DCP, AS-11, Artwork) (MPAHALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Security, Access Control & Forensic Audit for Collaboration (zero-trust, session logging) (MPAHANAI)

Keywords

• Media operations software
• Metadata management platform
• Entertainment market intelligence
• Broadcast scheduling software
• Content lifecycle management

Headquarters

HQ city

North Miami Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscriptions (Xytech & Origin): Fabric operates as a SaaS platform providing subscription-based access to its media operations software (Xytech) and metadata/intelligence ecosystem (Origin). The platform is described as serving 300+ customers worldwide with cloud-based deployment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fabric delivers end-to-end data and operations solutions that connect content creation, media operations, metadata, and market intelligence across the entertainment lifecycle. Its two product families — Xytech (media operations, scheduling, and transmission) and Origin (metadata management, enrichment APIs, and market intelligence) — provide studios, broadcasters, streamers, and distributors with a single source of truth for the media supply chain. The platform is delivered as cloud-native SaaS with REST API access, covering 1.7 million+ titles, 300,000+ platforms, and 250 countries and territories.

Product overview

Fabric delivers a unified data platform for the entertainment industry with two main product families: Xytech (media operations, planning, and execution) and Origin (metadata management and market intelligence). Xytech comprises Xytech Media for planning/scheduling/resource optimization, Xytech Transmission for broadcast workflows, and Xytech Operations for order management and collaboration. Origin comprises Origin Studio for metadata management and catalog operations, Origin Nexus for metadata enrichment APIs, and Origin Insights for market intelligence and analytics. The platform provides end-to-end data and operations solutions connecting content creation, media operations, metadata, and market intelligence from production to audience engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Xytech: Cloud-native media operations and scheduling platform for broadcast, production, sports, and live events. Includes Xytech Media (planning, scheduling, resource optimization), Xytech Transmission (broadcast workflows), and Xytech Operations (order management and workflow collaboration).
• Origin

Products and services

• Xytech Cloud-native media operations and scheduling platform built for broadcast, production, sports, and live events, providing real-time visibility across resources, workflows, orders, and transmission. Targets enterprise media companies requiring coordinated planning, resource optimization, and delivery.
• Xytech Media Planning, scheduling, and resource optimization for media operations, covering media workflow automation, media work orders, automated task generation, and media service operations for facilities handling high volumes of assets across multiple clients and locations. Media Orchestrator coordinates complex, multi-step workflows automatically.
• Xytech Transmission Broadcast and transmission workflows providing contribution resource scheduling, network visualization, and delivery coordination for live events, sports broadcasts, and multi-channel distribution. Delivers resource utilization visibility and delivery planning precision.
• Xytech Operations Order management and workflow collaboration delivering resource and production scheduling, personnel planning, cost tracking, quoting and invoicing, and timecards in a single connected environment. Built on over 30 years of operational expertise in broadcast environments.
• Origin Metadata and intelligence ecosystem that transforms content data into a strategic asset, providing automated metadata enrichment, catalog governance, and real-time market insights for studios, broadcasters, streamers, and distributors.
• Origin Studio Metadata management and catalog operations platform serving as the industry's metadata source of truth for studios and distributors, centralizing title and episode metadata, content availability tracking, and digital asset tracking across complex hierarchies. Built API-first and fully EIDR-compatible.
• Origin Nexus Metadata enrichment API and content discovery platform that automates catalog enrichment at scale, delivering movie and TV metadata, video and imagery metadata, trailers, celebrity metadata, and cross-platform availability data through a single REST API.
• Origin Insights Entertainment industry market intelligence platform covering 1000+ streaming services across 249 countries, delivering real-time visibility into content availability, audience demand, pricing models, and platform performance based on proprietary human-verified data. Accessible via Claude MCP for plain-language natural language queries of the global entertainment landscape.

Quantifiable outcome

• Replaces fragmented spreadsheets and disconnected systems that introduce errors and slow downstream workflows
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EIDR (Entertainment Identifier Registry)coreTechnology or IntegrationEIDR is the Entertainment Identifier Registry, a global unique identifier system for digital media assets. Fabric's Origin Studio is built fully EIDR-compatible, and EIDR is listed as a partner in Fabric's industry partnerships section.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• The Movie Database (TMDB): TMDB is a widely used, community-driven entertainment metadata API that competes with Origin Nexus for movie, TV, and celebrity metadata enrichment use cases at lower cost, particularly for developer-led catalog enrichment.
• JustWatch: JustWatch provides cross-platform content availability and pricing data for streaming services globally — directly comparable to Fabric's cross-platform availability datasets in Origin Insights and serving a similar buyer set of studios and streamers.

Direct peers

• Dalet: Dalet provides media workflow, MAM, and operational platforms for broadcasters, sports, and content producers — directly comparable to the Xytech operations stack and adjacent to Fabric's metadata management layer for production-to-distribution workflows.
• Ampere Analysis: Ampere Analysis provides media and streaming market intelligence covering OTT, content, and advertising economics — a direct competitor to Origin Insights in serving entertainment executives with strategic data and forecasting.
• Whip Media: Whip Media delivers content distribution and market intelligence for streaming and entertainment clients, directly overlapping with Fabric's Origin Insights and Origin Studio offerings across title tracking, availability, and platform performance analytics.
• Parrot Analytics: Parrot Analytics provides demand-driven entertainment market intelligence and audience measurement for the same streamers, studios, and distributors that buy Origin Insights, offering overlapping analytics on content value, audience demand, and cross-platform performance.
• Gracenote (Nielsen): Gracenote operates the industry's most established entertainment metadata and content identification platform, powering catalogs, EPG, and music/TV metadata for the same studios, broadcasters, and streamers that Fabric's Origin products serve — making it the most direct metadata competitor.
• MediaPulse (Net Insight): MediaPulse is a broadcast resource planning and media operations platform serving broadcasters and production companies — directly comparable to Xytech Media and Xytech Operations for scheduling, resource management, and workflow orchestration.

Broad incumbents

• Comscore: Comscore is a broad media measurement and analytics incumbent providing cross-platform audience, content, and advertising measurement — overlapping with Fabric's analytics layer and offering media buyers an alternative enterprise-scale data source.
• IMDb (Amazon): IMDb is the largest publicly accessible entertainment metadata catalog and is increasingly integrated into Amazon's Prime Video and studio workflows; its breadth makes it a broad incumbent alternative for catalog and celebrity metadata that Fabric's Origin Nexus competes with.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Fabric-Data
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fabricdata

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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