Blu-ray Disc Association
BDA
Company typeIncentive
IndustryConsortium
Founded20 May 2002; 22 years ago (2002-05-20)
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Members
List
Websiteblu-raydisc.info

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]

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.

Members

Board

The board members as of November 2016 are:[3]

Contributors

The contributors as of December 2017 are:[3]

Timeline of major changes to membership

Timeline of major events and announcements involving members

References

  1. ^ "Membership Levels (About Us, Blu-Ray Association)". 2006. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
  2. ^ "Disclosure of Specifications for Large Capacity Optical Disc Recording Format Utilizing Blue-Violet Laser Blu-ray Disc Begins". Sony. May 20, 2002. Archived from the original on July 18, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Blu-ray Disc Association Supporting Companies". Archived from the original on 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  4. ^ "Acer Joins BDA". 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  5. ^ "IFA Underway in Berlin; Blu-ray Takes Center Stage". 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
  6. ^ "Acer, China Huala Group join Blu-ray Disc camp". 2007. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  7. ^ "Matsushita unveils DVD recorder adopting Blu-ray Disc format+". Forbes. 2006. Archived from the original on July 3, 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2006.
  8. ^ "Panasonic Unveils Blu-ray Recorder". 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2006.
  9. ^ "Verbatim Announces Development Plans for both Blu-ray and HD-DVD". 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 24 August 2006.
  10. ^ Arnold, Thomas K. (2005). "Another Victory for Blu-ray Camp". Archived from the original on 4 January 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2006.
  11. ^ "Warner joins Blu-ray cabal, Toshiba reacts". 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2006.
  12. ^ "MGM to Support Blu-ray Disc Format". 2005. Archived from the original on 27 January 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2006.
  13. ^ "Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Completes First Full-Length Blu-ray Disc". 2005. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2006.
  14. ^ "Samsung's BD-P1000: first U.S. Blu-Ray player". 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2006.
  15. ^ "Philips introduces new Blu-ray Disc products and media – the ultimate consumer storage platform for high definition entertainment". 2006. Archived from the original on 8 July 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2006.
  16. ^ "Sony to ship blank Blu-ray Discs this month". 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
  17. ^ "Sony unveils Blu-ray player, Vaio PC". 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
  18. ^ "TDK Begins Shipping Its Highly Anticipated Blu-ray Disc 25 GB Recordable And Rewritable Media; Exclusive Material Formulations and Manufacturing Processes Deliver Bit-Perfect Recording and Playback". 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-04-12. Retrieved 2006-04-10.
  19. ^ "Sony announces first VAIO notebook computer to include built-in blu-ray burner". 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2006-05-17.
  20. ^ "Pioneer Ships PC-Based Blu-ray Disc Drives". 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2006-05-25.
  21. ^ "SAMSUNG Launches Industry's First Blu-ray Disc Player To The U.S. Market". 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
  22. ^ "Verbatim to release BD-R, BD-RE media". 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
  23. ^ "SONY NOW SHIPPING 50 GB DUAL LAYER BLU-RAY DISC MEDIA IN THE U.S." Sony. Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2006-08-17.
  24. ^ "Netflix, Citing a Clear Signal From the Industry, Will Carry High-Def DVDs Only in Blu-ray Format". 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  25. ^ "Microsoft Adds Blu-ray Support to Windows". 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-19.

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