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.