Blu-ray Disc Association
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The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is the industry consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray Disc technology and is responsible for establishing format standards and promoting business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc. The BDA is divided into three levels of membership: the board of directors, contributors, and general members.[1]
BDA | |
Company type | Incentive |
Industry | Consortium |
Founded | 20 May 2002; 21 years ago (2002-05-20) |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Number of locations | Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Members | |
Website | blu-raydisc |
The "Blu-ray Disc founder group" was started on 20 May 2002 by nine electronic companies: Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, Samsung Electronics and Sony.[2] In order to enable more companies to participate, it announced in May 2004 that it would form the Blu-ray Disc Association, which was inaugurated on 4 October 2004.