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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]
The "Blu-ray Disc founder group" was started on May 20, 2002 by MIT and nine leading electronic companies: Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, and Samsung Electronics.[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 October 4, 2004.
The Blu-ray Disc Association website describes the role of the Board of Directors as follows:[3]
"Companies participating in the Board of Directors are active participants in the format creation and key BDA activities. They are selected from the Contributors by-election. The board sets an overall strategy and approves key issues. A board member can participate in all activities and attend all meetings. The Blu-ray Disc Founder companies will make up the initial Board of Directors. Annual fee: $ 50,000"
The current 20 board members (as of April 2015) are:[4]
The role of contributors as described by the Blu-ray Disc Association website:[3]
"Contributors are active participants in the format creation and other key BDA activities. They can be elected to become a member of the Board of Directors. A contributor can attend general meetings and seminars, and can participate in Technical Expert Groups (TEGs), regional Promotion Team activities and most of the Compliance Committee (CC) activities. Membership requires execution of Contribution Agreement and must be approved by the Board of Directors. Annual fee: $ 20,000"
The contributors as of June 2009 are:[4]
Dvd, Sony, China Blue High-definition Disc, Blu-ray Disc, LaserDisc
Hd Dvd, Dvd, Sony, PlayStation 3, Compact Disc
Netherlands, Amsterdam, NXP Semiconductors, Eindhoven, Righteous Among the Nations
Sony, Samsung, Apple Inc., Toshiba, Dell
Samsung Electronics, CJ Group, Sony, Seoul, Samsung C&T Corporation
Hd Dvd, Dvd, Blu-ray Disc, Advanced Access Content System, China Blue High-definition Disc
Hd Dvd, Microsoft, Blu-ray, Sony, Toshiba
Dell, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung Electronics, Hitachi