Section 1Sec./Art. 1

Nature and Scope of Franchise. -Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and applicable laws, rules and regulations, the franchise granted under Republic Act No. 8161 to Negros Broadcasting and Publishing Corporation, hereunder referred to as the grantee, its successor or assignees, to construct, install, establish, operate, and maintain for commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio and/or television broadcasting and cable television stations where frequencies and/or channels are still available for radio and/or television broadcasting, including digital television system, through microwave, satellite or whatever means, as well as the use of any technology in television and radio systems, with the corresponding technological auxiliaries and facilities, special broadcast and other program and distribution services and relay stations in the Visayas and Mindanao is hereby renewed for another twenty-five (25) years.