International Broadcast Centre

"International press center" redirects here. For the venue in Brussels, see International Press Center (Brussels).

The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) is a temporary hub for broadcasters during major sport events.

FIFA World Cup

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in Germany, the IBC in Munich was host to journalists from around 190 countries. The centre was based at the Munich Fair, in what was formally Munich Airport. The building is now known as the Munich Exhibition Centre.

Entrance to the IBC at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

120 television and radio channels had broadcast images and reports of the World Cup, from the centre to the 190 countries that they serve. Each channel had a space on the 30,000 square meter floor, separated by wooden panels.

Facts & figures for 2006 FIFA World Cup IBC

• Anticipated cumulative TV audience of 32bn viewers - the biggest TV audience for any single event in history
• 30,000m² of space
• 966 tonnes of fir wood and 22,500m² of wooden panels/walls
• Nearly 700 doors
• 15 TV studios
• Operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Cities which hosted the IBC/MPC during the FIFA World Cup

• 1974 West Germany - Munich
• 1978 Argentina - Buenos Aires
• 1982 Spain - Madrid
• 1986 Mexico - Mexico City
• 1990 Italy - Rome
• 1994 United States - Dallas and Los Angeles
• 1998 France - Paris
• 2002 South Korea - Seoul and Japan - Yokohama
• 2006 Germany - Munich
• 2010 South Africa - Johannesburg
• 2014 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Olympic Games

An International Broadcast Centre is created at every Olympic Games. Broadcasters from around the world build studios in what is generally a large conference centre, like Georgia World Congress Center, which was used for the Atlanta Games. Olympic Broadcasting Services provides each of these rights-holders a video and audio feed from each venue, beauty shots from around the Olympic venues, transmission facilities, etc. The International Broadcast Centre for the 2008 Beijing Games was located in the Olympic Green Convention Center.

The first IBC was created for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan during the first Olympics broadcast around the world.

IBC Venues
Edition	City	Country	Place
1964	Tokyo	Japan	NHK Broadcasting Center
1968	Mexico City	Mexico	Universidad de Mexico
1972	Munich	West Germany	Olympiapark
1976	Montreal	Canada	Palais des congrès de Montréal
1980	Moscow	Soviet Union	Moscow International Broadcasting Centre
1984	Los Angeles	United States	University of Southern California1
1988	Calgary	Canada	Big Four Building (Stampede Park)
1988	Seoul	South Korea	Seoul Exhibition Centre
1992	Barcelona	Spain	INEFC
1996	Atlanta	United States	Georgia World Congress Center
2000	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
2002	Salt Lake City	United States	Salt Palace Convention Center
2004	Athens	Greece	International Museum of Classical Athletics
2006	Torino	Italy	Lingotto Fiere
2008	Beijing	China	Olympic Green Convention Centre
2010	Vancouver	Canada	Vancouver Convention Centre
2010	Singapore	Singapore	Marina Bay Sands
2012	London	United Kingdom	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Parque Olímpico do Rio

¹Host broadcaster ABC used its Los Angeles studios for coverage of the 1984 Games.