The DVD Forum, a consortium of 230 electronics makers, worked up this format for its members' mutual benefit.

Once again, the DVD Forum collaborated on a technical specification.

In 2003, the DVD Forum had 208 members.

The DVD Forum is governed by an elected Steering Committee.

In addition to the Steering Committee, the DVD Forum has the following committees:

The DVD Forum (chaired by Sony) was deeply split over whether to go with the more expensive blue lasers or not.

The schism has occurred within the DVD Forum, a consortium of 10 companies that does not include Hewlett-Packard.

Developed by Pioneer and backed by the DVD Forum.

The format was developed by Pioneer in November 1999 and has been approved by the DVD Forum.

The DVD Forum, chaired by Toshiba, was split over whether to develop the more expensive blue laser technology.