Tunis: The technology exhibition 'ASPO' for radio, television, and program market was launched yesterday in the City of Culture in the capital, Tunis. Organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) within the framework of the 24th session of the Arab Radio and Television Festival, the event included 90 exhibitors distributed over 98 pavilions. The Acting Minister of Culture Affairs of Tunisia, Moncef Boukthir; the President of the Arab States Broadcasting Union and CEO of the Radio and Television Corporation, Mohammed bin Fahd Al-Harithi; and the Director-General of the Union, Eng. Abdel Rahim Suleiman co-opened the exhibition. The most famous and oldest international companies that manufacture modern, integrated, and multimedia radio and television equipment, production and distribution companies for audio-visual content, both Arab and international, and providers of advanced services and technology, in addition to ASBU member bodies, television networks, private radio stations, and Arabic-speaking international satellite channels, are participating in ASPO and the software market. On the sidelines of the opening of the technology exhibition, Al-Harithi presented honorary shields to a number of Tunisian and Arab media figures and personalities at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's pavilion. Source: Suadi Press Agency