The Blu-ray Disc format was developed by the
Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers, with more than 180 member companies from all over the world. The Board of Directors currently consists of:
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- Dell Inc.
- Hewlett Packard Company
- Hitachi, Ltd.
- LG Electronics Inc.
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Pioneer Corporation
- Royal Philips Electronics
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Sharp Corporation
- Sony Corporation
- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- TDK Corporation
- Thomson Multimedia
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
