Who owns it? - Blu-ray Forum

joenobody · 11-22-2006, 10:33 PM

Hello everyone, I registered here for one reason and one reason only as I figured the horses mouth is the best place to get my answer. Is Sony the sole owner of Blu-Ray? If it is, I have some crow to eat, if it is not, kindly tell me who, if anyone, does own it. Thank you in advance.

dobyblue · 11-22-2006, 11:20 PM

Sony owns the logo, but, like CD and SACD, it was developed with Philips.
Contributing to the development of the format were/are Matsushita, Pioneer, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp and Samsung.
The current Board of Directors is comprised of:

Apple
Dell
HP
Hitachi
LG
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic
Pioneer
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Sony
Sun Microsystems
TDK
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney
Warner Bros.

Sony does not "own" Blu-ray.

joenobody · 11-22-2006, 11:22 PM

Thank you, now I just feel smug, but correct.

Blue · 11-23-2006, 01:08 AM

There are even more companies that have their fingers in the royalty pie, for example even Microsoft for part of VC1 (one of the codecs used). WHen you buy a Blu Ray player, part of the money you hand over goes to all different companies.

joenobody · 11-23-2006, 02:06 AM

No surprise that M$ would have something to do with it, however small the part.

JTK · 11-23-2006, 02:16 PM

Welcome to the forum, joe.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=3665

^^ This answers all of your questions, and then some.

Also take a stroll through www.blu-ray.com, our home page, if you haven't already.

11-22-2006, 10:33 PM	#1
joenobody New Member Member since:Nov 2006	Who owns it? Hello everyone, I registered here for one reason and one reason only as I figured the horses mouth is the best place to get my answer. Is Sony the sole owner of Blu-Ray? If it is, I have some crow to eat, if it is not, kindly tell me who, if anyone, does own it. Thank you in advance.

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11-22-2006, 11:20 PM	#2
dobyblue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jul 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:71 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:655 Blu-ray reviews: 15	Sony owns the logo, but, like CD and SACD, it was developed with Philips. Contributing to the development of the format were/are Matsushita, Pioneer, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp and Samsung. The current Board of Directors is comprised of: Apple Dell HP Hitachi LG Mitsubishi Electric Panasonic Pioneer Philips Samsung Sharp Sony Sun Microsystems TDK Thomson Twentieth Century Fox Walt Disney Warner Bros. Sony does not "own" Blu-ray.

11-22-2006, 11:22 PM	#3
joenobody New Member Member since:Nov 2006	Thank you, now I just feel smug, but correct.

11-23-2006, 01:08 AM	#4
Blue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Melbourne Australia Blu-ray collection:206	There are even more companies that have their fingers in the royalty pie, for example even Microsoft for part of VC1 (one of the codecs used). WHen you buy a Blu Ray player, part of the money you hand over goes to all different companies.

11-23-2006, 02:06 AM	#5
joenobody New Member Member since:Nov 2006	No surprise that M$ would have something to do with it, however small the part.

11-23-2006, 02:16 PM	#6
JTK Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2006 Location:www.blurayoasis.com	Welcome to the forum, joe. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=3665 ^^ This answers all of your questions, and then some. Also take a stroll through www.blu-ray.com, our home page, if you haven't already.

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