OUR JOURNEY.

Behind every great business is a story of vision and daring. With heart-stopping satellite launches and engineering ingenuity that changed the television industry, DISH’s story has both.

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January 2013

DISH announces Hopper with Sling®, the second generation of the award-winning whole-home HD DVR system

January 2013

DISH’s Hopper Transfers^TM app delivers DVR recordings to iPad for offline viewing

January 2013

DISH introduces DISH Explorer, an intuitive second-screen app that combines TV viewing with social media

November 2012

EchoStar successfully launches its Echo XVI satellite from Baikonur, Kazakhstan

November 2012

DISH launches digital over-the-air tuner, What’s Hot feature and Game Finder app on the Hopper® Whole-Home HD DVR

September 2012

DISH unveils dishNET^TM broadband, bringing high-speed Internet to rural Americans with slow or no access

July 2012

DISH delivers first household-addressable advertising nationally to seven million subscribers

May 2012

DISH introduces commercial-free TV with AutoHop^TM

March 2012

DISH acquires DBSD and TerreStar

January 2012

DISH introduces Hopper® and Joey®, the most technically advanced Whole-Home HD DVR system

January 2012

DISH announces the ability for customers to stream thousands of on-demand movies and TV shows to iPad with the DISH Remote Access app

November 2011

DISH introduces the Tailgater®, a remote viewing satellite dish that makes it easy to watch sports team outdoors

September 2011

DISH introduces Blockbuster @Home^TM, the first subscription streaming movie service bundle in the pay-TV industry

April 2011

DISH acquires Blockbuster L.L.C.

November 2010

DISH introduces Sling® Adapter that allows live TV viewing on iPhone, iPad, Android and BlackBerry devices

August 2010

DISH Online is the only online video portal with live TV integration

August 2010

DISH introduces the world’s first DVR scheduler app optimized for the iPad

July 2010

EchoStar successfully launches its Echo XV satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

May 2010

DISH becomes the first pay-TV provider to offer local broadcast channels in all 210 local television markets in the U.S.

April 2010

DISH becomes the first TV provider to offer 200 national HD channels

March 2010

EchoStar successfully launches its Echo XIV satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

January 2010

DISH launches DISHWorld to distribute live international TV channels via IPTV platform

2000s

	December 2009 DISH passes 14 million customers May 2009 DISH adds DISH Remote Access, which gives customers the ability to access DVR features from any Internet-connected device January 2009 DISH becomes the first pay-TV provider to offer a TV series in 1080p high-definition video format January 2009 DISH introduces its SlingLoaded^TM ViP®922, a high-definition receiver that incorporates place-shifting technology July 2008 EchoStar successfully launches its Echo XI satellite from Long Beach, Calif.
January 2008 DISH introduces the ViP®612 HD DVR, an advanced MPEG-4, dual-tuner receiver January 2008 EchoStar changes its name to DISH Network Corporation and creates sister company, EchoStar Corporation; EchoStar now serves as a key technology partner to DISH September 2007 EchoStar acquires Sling Media, Inc. August 2007 DISH introduces ViP®722 HD DVR, an advanced version of the ViP®622 DVR
	December 2006 DISH passes 13 million customers February 2006 EchoStar successfully launches its Echo X satellite from Long Beach, Calif. October 2005 DISH introduces PocketDISH, a portable media companion January 2005 DISH becomes the first in the pay-TV industry to offer 100 international channels January 2005 DISH introduces the DISH Player-DVR 625 offering the company’s first video-on-demand service
January 2005 DISH introduces the DISH Player-DVR 942, the first multi-room satellite TV receiver that records in high definition August 2004 DISH launches the first interactive TV multiple picture-in-picture application in the U.S. June 2004 DISH passes 10 million customers May 2004 DISH becomes the first satellite TV service to offer local channels to markets in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
	September 2003 DISH becomes the first to reach 1 million DVRs in the TV industry August 2003 EchoStar successfully launches its Echo IX satellite Long Beach, Calif. January 2003 DISH unveils the DishPVR 921, the first widely-available satellite receiver with a built-in DVR that records in standard and high definition August 2002 EchoStar successfully launches its EchoStar VIII satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan February 2002 EchoStar successfully launches its Echo VII satellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
January 2002 DISH introduces the DishPVR 508 satellite-TV receiver, a new and improved personal video recorder October 2001 EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. merges with GM's Hughes Electronics January 2001 EchoStar introduces the DISH PRO 501, its first satellite television receiver featuring a DVR and interactive TV November 2000 DISH passes 5 million customers July 2000 EchoStar successfully launches EchoStar VI satellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

1990s