Blu-ray Disc Association

Blu-ray Disc Association
Trade name	BDA
Company type	Incentive
Industry	Consortium
Founded	20 May 2002; 22 years ago
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Members	List Dolby Laboratories ; DTS ; Hitachi-LG Data Storage ; Intel ; LG Electronics ; Lionsgate ; Mitsubishi Electric ; Oracle ; Panasonic ; Philips ; Pioneer ; Samsung Electronics ; Sharp ; Sony ; Technicolor ; Toshiba ; Universal Pictures ; Walt Disney Studios ; Warner Bros. ; Xperi ;
Website	blu-raydisc.info

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is the industry consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray 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.

^ "Membership Levels (About Us, Blu-Ray Association)". 2006. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
^ "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.

[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.

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