High Definition- The future of TV.
HDTV has been talked about since the 1980's, and actually was first demonstrated in Japan in 1979, but did not exist in the US until digital satellite television and the accompanying technology made it possible.
From the information currently provided, it appears that Dish came out with HDTV programming around the year 2000.
From the information currently provided, it appears that Dish came out with HDTV programming around the year 2000.