Section 1Sec./Art. 1

Nature and Scope of Franchise.

Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and applicable laws, rules and regulations, there is hereby granted to News and Entertainment Network Corporation, hereunder referred to as the grantee, its successors or assigns, a franchise to construct, establish, install, operate and maintain for commercial purposes and in the public interest cable/community antennae television (CATV) systems and other related services in and between the different provinces, cities and municipalities in the Philippines and between the Philippines and other countries and territories through the reception of audio, visual and other signals of the different national and local television and radio stations in the Philippines and those of foreign television, radio and other stations including interactive computer electronic systems and stations, and the distribution or transmission of the same to homes, offices, condominiums, subdivisions, hotels, restaurants and other residential, commercial and industrial structures and other public and private conveyances within and outside of the Philippines; to originate, store, distribute, transmit and receive through said systems, news and documentaries, entertainment, cultural, informational and educational radio and television programs, both live and recorded; to construct, establish, install, operate, manage, lease, maintain and purchase transmitting, receiving and switching stations, both for local and international services, lines, fiber optics, microwave, cables, satellite transmit and receive systems, control signals, audio and video systems, information service bureau, pay and pay per view television, video on demand and public information on demand services, multi disc read only memory network delivery, packet and frame relay and electronic mail services and other value added services and all other related technologies as are at present available, or to be made available through technical advances or innovations in the future, as is, or are, convenient to or essential to efficiently carry out the purposes of this franchise.