Moving the past to the future For Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), the Austrian national public service broadcaster, it was time to end the costly and unproductive cycle of continual media format migrations. Like every established public service broadcaster, ORF are the guardians of a unique and valuable repository of national importance. With their DiMi – Digital Migration – project, ORF sought to establish a process which would both end the cycle of costly media format transfer and make these precious resources readily available for future program makers and audiences.Background The ORF multimedia archive contains well over one million hours of video content. Around 30% of this was stored in IMX or digi-beta formats. The background story will be familiar to any well-establis

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