DeBergerac Productions

What DeBergerac Productions does

DeBergerac Productions, Inc. is a privately held, independently owned media preservation, restoration, and video production studio founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Rochester/Fairport, New York metro area. The company operates a single lab and studio where all digitization, restoration, and production work is performed in-house, with a mailing address in Fairport (6800 Pittsford Palmyra Rd, Suite 380) and operations in Rochester. Its service offering is organized around three pillars: PRESERVE (digitization of film, video, and audio), RESTORE (image and sound restoration of aged media), and CREATE (original video production that combines new and archival sources).

The firm's core technology is built around frame-by-frame 2K film scanning using a sprocketless, gentle-tension transport that the company describes as the only digitizing process meeting the standards of the most demanding grant foundations and the Library of Congress, with each frame output as an uncompressed .TIFF file. Video digitization covers formats ranging from VHS and 8mm to Digital Betacam, delivered as .MP4 or 1080 XDCAM; audio digitization produces 96kHz/24-bit monaural or 192kHz/24-bit stereo WAV files. Restoration work—covering noise removal, scratch and dust correction, flicker correction, and tonal recovery—is performed exclusively on copies, leaving the original archival masters unaltered.

DeBergerac runs a sales-led, relationship-driven go-to-market with no public pricing; every engagement begins with a complimentary assessment and individualized quote. The customer base is diversified across academic and research institutions, museums and archives (notably the George Eastman House), broadcast media (13WHAM, Channel 8 WROC), documentary productions, enterprise technology firms (Eastman Kodak, Cisco/Emerge Partners), healthcare and nonprofit organizations. The company supports long-term institutional clients through grant application assistance and ships media in and out via local drop-off, on-site pickup, and mail-in service, with digital delivery via secure server, hard drive, DVD, CD, BluRay, or DCP. There is no evidence of outside funding, institutional investment, or parent-company ownership.

Name

DeBergerac Productions

Legal name

DeBergerac Productions, Inc.

Website

https://debergeracproductions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DeBergerac Productions is a privately held Rochester, NY studio founded in 2010 that digitizes, restores, and produces video from archival film, video, and audio media for museums, universities, broadcasters, documentary filmmakers, and nonprofits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Archival Media Digitization and Restoration

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512), Sound Recording Industries (5122)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Photofinishing Laboratories (7384)

akta.pro primary industry

Film Scanning & Digitization (Telecine, Frame-by-Frame, Metadata Capture) (MPADAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Restoration & Remastering (4K/8K Scan, Image Stabilization, Dirt/Scratch Removal) (MPADAMAB), Restoration, Remastering & Archival Scanning (Film/Video) (MPAHAAAF), Audio Restoration & Remastering (Noise Reduction, De-Click, Re-Mix) (MPADAMAD), Audio Editing & Restoration (Cleanup, Noise Reduction) (MPAIAHAJ), Standards Conversion & Restoration (Frame Rate, Deinterlacing, Upscale) (MPAHAHAG), Video & Home Movie Digitization & Conversion (HSAFAGAC), Media Archiving & Long-Term Preservation Planning (HSAFAGAK)

Keywords

• Media digitization services
• Archival restoration services
• Film scanning services
• Video production services
• Audio digitization services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Film Digitization Services: One-time service digitizing various film formats (8/S8mm, 9.5mm, 16mm, 17.5mm, 22mm, 28mm, and 35mm) using frame-by-frame 2K scanning with archival .TIFF file creation.
2. Videotape Digitization Services: One-time digitization of videotape formats (8mm, Digi8, VHS, Beta, 1/2 in Helical scan, 3/4 inch UMatic, DVCAM, DVCPRO, BetacamSP, Digital Betacam) with delivery as .MP4 or 1080 XDCAM files.
3. Audio Digitization Services: Digitization of audio media including compact cassettes, microcassettes, ¼ inch magnetic tape, paper tape, vinyl, shellac, aluminum, acetate records, cylinder recordings, and DAT.
4. Restoration and Enhancement Services: Image and sound restoration services including correction of underexposure, background noise removal, scratch removal, flicker correction, dust removal, and other enhancement work performed on copies only.
5. Video Production Services: Original video production services combining new and archival sources for documentary, education, galas, anniversaries, grant support, internal communications, press releases, and social media content.
6. Grant Application Support: Support services for long-term grant applications including consultation and documentation for archival project funding proposals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DeBergerac Productions provides frame-by-frame 2K film scanning, multi-format video digitization, and high-resolution audio digitization to convert aging or fragile archival media into museum-quality digital files. The company additionally performs image and sound restoration on copies of archival materials, and produces original video content that combines new and archival sources for documentaries, events, anniversaries, and corporate communications.

Product overview

DeBergerac Productions is a media preservation, restoration, and production studio offering a portfolio of interconnected services. The core offering spans three pillars: PRESERVE (film, video, and audio digitization services), RESTORE (image and sound restoration for aged media), and CREATE (original video production). Film Digitization uses frame-by-frame 2K scanning with uncompressed .TIFF archival output as the gold standard; Video Digitization covers formats from VHS to Digital Betacam; Audio Digitization produces 96kHz/24-bit or 192kHz/24-bit WAV files. Restoration services are applied only to copies, preserving the original archival files untouched. Video Production merges new footage with archival content for documentaries, educational content, events, and corporate communications. All services are delivered from their Rochester, NY lab and studio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Film Digitization Frame-by-frame 2K scanning service that converts film formats (8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm, 16mm, 17.5mm, 22mm, 28mm, 35mm) into uncompressed .TIFF archival files, meeting Library of Congress and the most demanding grant foundation standards. The sprocketless film transport advances under gentle tension, and the service supports both optical and magnetic soundtracks. Targeted at museums, archives, universities, filmmakers, and individual collectors.
• Video Digitization Digitization of videotape formats including 8mm, Digi8, VHS, Beta, 1/2 inch Helical scan, 3/4 inch UMatic, DVCAM, DVCPRO, BetacamSP, and Digital Betacam. The unaltered primary file is preserved, with deliverables available as .MP4 files for easy access or 1080 XDCAM files for archival use with metadata support. Targeted at broadcast media, archives, museums, and individual collectors.
• Audio Digitization Digitization of audio across tape formats (compact cassettes, microcassettes, 1/4 inch magnetic tape, paper tape), record formats (vinyl, shellac, aluminum, acetate records), and cylinder recordings and DAT. Each master is digitized as a 96kHz/24-bit monaural WAV file or 192kHz/24-bit stereo WAV file with the original unaltered file preserved, including Library of Congress best-practice sticky tape syndrome treatment. Targeted at archives, museums, filmmakers, and individual collectors.
• Film and Media Restoration Restoration service that corrects overexposure, removes background noise, scratches, flicker, dust, and other deterioration from film and video without altering the original archival recording; all modifications are made on copies only. Targeted at archives, museums, filmmakers, broadcasters, and individual collectors with degraded or fragile media.
• Video Production Original video production service that combines new footage with archival images and sounds to deliver documentary, educational, gala, anniversary, grant support, internal communications, press release, and social media content. Targeted at nonprofit organizations, healthcare institutions, corporate clients, and documentary producers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Frame-by-frame 2K scanning creates separate uncompressed .TIFF file of each individual frame for archival preservation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Library of CongresscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeBergerac follows the Library of Congress best practices for preservation of magnetic tape media, particularly for sticky tape syndrome treatment. Their processes for handling fragile media align with the standards set by the Library of Congress for archival preservation.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Cineric Inc. Cineric is a film restoration and post-production facility offering frame-by-frame film scanning, photochemical processing, and digital restoration services. Directly comparable to DeBergerac's film digitization and restoration work for archival clients.
• Colorlab: Colorlab is a Maryland-based film processing and restoration lab offering 2K/4K scanning, archival processing, and digital restoration. Closely matches DeBergerac's film digitization and restoration workflow for institutional and archival clients.
• Roundabout Entertainment: Roundabout Entertainment is a Burbank-based film restoration and post-production company specializing in 4K scanning, restoration, and remastering. Directly comparable on archival film and video restoration services.
• Pro8mm: Pro8mm specializes in 8mm and 16mm film transfers to digital with frame-by-frame scanning. Comparable to DeBergerac's small-format film digitization services for home movies and archival collections.
• Legacybox: Legacybox is a consumer-focused mail-in digitization service for home movies, videotapes, and audio. Compares to DeBergerac's individual/family archive segment and mail-in distribution channel.
• iMemories: iMemories is a consumer home movie digitization service offering VHS, film, and photo scanning via mail-in. Comparable to DeBergerac's consumer archive and mail-in delivery workflow.
• DiJiFi: DiJiFi provides consumer and small-business tape, film, and photo digitization services. Comparable to DeBergerac's video cassette and home movie digitization offerings.
• ScanCafe (formerly ScanCafe.com): ScanCafe operates an industrial-scale photo, film, and video digitization service. Comparable to DeBergerac's consumer/archive digitization business but at a far larger, more automated scale.

Broad incumbents

• FotoKem Industries: FotoKem is a large post-production services provider in Burbank, CA, offering film scanning, restoration, and dailies services. Broader incumbent with overlapping archival film scanning capabilities but a much wider service portfolio.
• Iron Mountain Entertainment Services: Iron Mountain provides media archiving, digitization, and asset management for film studios and broadcasters. A broader incumbent with overlapping archival digitization capabilities for institutional clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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