Subscription television was introduced in New Zealand in May 1990 as a UHF service provided by Sky Network Television.
A digital satellite service started in 1998.
Jack Matthews, a US expatriate, set up Saturn Cable in the 90s.
[1] On 31 August 2009, Sky began shutting down its UHF service.
[2] A digital terrestrial counterpart, Igloo, existed between 2012 and 2017.