Blu-ray Disc Association
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The Blu-ray Disc Assocation (BDA) is responsible for establishing format standards and promoting and further developing business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc. The BDA has more than 90 members. Its Board of Directors consists of Dell Inc.; Hewlett Packard Company; Hitachi, Ltd.; LG Electronics Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Panasonic (Matsushita Electric); Pioneer Corporation; Royal Philips Electronics; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; TDK Corporation; Thomson; Twentieth Century Fox; and Walt Disney Pictures and Television.
The BDA succeeds the Blu-ray Disc Founders (BDF), and was formed on October 4, 2004.