QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1512)
It grants an exclusive franchise to construct, install, operate, and maintain a Community Antenna Television (CATV) system in the Philippines, with authority to receive and transmit messages, impressions, pictures, music, entertainment, advertising, and signals throughout the Philippines.
The franchise is granted subject to the provisions of the Constitution and the rules and regulations on radio and TV stations and communications.
The franchise continues for 25 years from the date the CATV is put in operation, renewable for another 25-year period.
The CATV shall be constructed and operated to avoid interference with existing stations and to permit the expansion of the grantee's services.
Yes. Under Section 4, the grantee may exercise the right of eminent domain insofar as may be reasonably necessary for the efficient maintenance and operation of the CATV.
The grantee may install and maintain ducts, cables, and other facilities over and across public property, including streets, highways, forest reserves, and other similar government property and properties of government branches/instrumentalities.
In time of war, rebellion, public peril, or other national emergency, and when public safety requires, the President may cause the closing of the CATV or authorize the use or possession of the CATV by the government without compensation to the grantee during the emergency.
Twenty pesos (₱20.00) per month.
Five pesos (₱5.00) per month for each additional television set extension in the same subscriber’s private residence.
Initial connection charge is ₱35.00. Additional charges for actual cost may be imposed for (1) relocation of outlets, (2) additional work and materials for connection at greater distance from the feeder cable, or if the outlet is more than 150 feet from the center line of the street/alley/easement occupied by a feeder cable, and (3) providing underground service from underground cable requiring trenching (including backfilling, repair, and/or replanting).
The grantee must pay the Treasurer of the Government of the Philippines each year a tax equivalent to three percent (3%) of all gross receipts from business transacted under the franchise.
Yes. It is stated that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 3% tax shall be in lieu of any and all taxes, duties, and tariffs of any kind, nature, or description levied or collected by any authority—municipal, provincial, or national—under which the grantee is expressly exempted.
Upon termination, the right to use and occupy public property and places granted shall revert to the government. The franchise is also subject to amendment, alteration, or modification.
No. Under Section 9, the grantee cannot lease, transfer, sell, or assign the franchise or any rights/privileges acquired without approval of the President of the Republic of the Philippines.
It terminates and cancels all franchises, permits, or certificates for CATV previously granted by local governments or by any instrumentality/agency of the national government.
It repeals or modifies all acts, decrees, orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, that are inconsistent with the provisions of PD 1512.