More than 270 programs will compete for awards at the 20th Arab Festival for Radio and Television in Tunis. The festival, which runs from June 27 to 30, is organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) in cooperation with the Tunisian Radio and Tunisian Television Establishment and the Arab Satellite Communications Organization. The festival welcomes representatives of ASBU member nations, including Saudi Arabia. The ceremony honored figures who had impacted radio and television throughout the Arab world. The inauguration ceremony was preceded by seminars focusing on audiovisual archives, digital audio broadcasting, the launch of broadcasting in Tunisia and technology developments in the audiovisual field.