International Broadcast Centre

The International Broadcast Centre in Stratford, London, taken during The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games

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
• 30,000 m² (322,917 sq ft) of space
• 966 tonnes of fir wood and 22,500 m² (242,188 sq ft) 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

• 1966  England - London
• 1970  Mexico - Mexico City
• 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 ^[1]
• 2018  Russia - Moscow
• 2022  Qatar - Doha

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 International Broadcast Centre for the 2012 London Games was located in the London Olympics Media Centre.

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 Winter	Innsbruck	Austria
1964 Summer	Tokyo	Japan	NHK Broadcasting Center
1968 Winter	Grenoble	France
1968 Summer	Mexico City	Mexico	Universidad de Mexico
1972 Winter	Sapporo	Japan
1972 Summer	Munich	West Germany	Olympiapark
1976 Winter	Innsbruck	Austria
1976 Summer	Montreal	Canada	Palais des congrès de Montréal
1980 Winter	Lake Placid	United States	Temporary air-supported structure[2]
1980 Summer	Moscow	Soviet Union	Moscow International Broadcasting Centre
1984 Winter	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia
1984 Summer	Los Angeles	United States	University of Southern California^1
1988 Winter	Calgary	Canada	Big Four Building (Stampede Park)[3]
1988 Summer	Seoul	South Korea	Seoul Exhibition Centre
1992 Winter	Albertville	France
1992 Summer	Barcelona	Spain	INEFC
1994 Winter	Lillehammer	Norway
1996 Summer	Atlanta	United States	Georgia World Congress Center
1998 Winter	Nagano	Japan
2000 Summer	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Olympic Park
2002 Winter	Salt Lake City	United States	Salt Palace Convention Center
2004 Summer	Athens	Greece	International Museum of Classical Athletics
2006 Winter	Torino	Italy	Lingotto Fiere
2008 Summer	Beijing	China	Olympic Green Convention Centre
2010 Winter	Vancouver	Canada	Vancouver Convention Centre
2010 Summer (Youth)	Singapore	Singapore	Marina Bay Sands
2012 Winter (Youth)	Innsbruck	Austria
2012 Summer	London	United Kingdom	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2014 Winter	Sochi	Russia	Sochi Olympic Park
2014 Summer (Youth)	Nanjing	China
2016 Winter (Youth)	Lillehammer	Norway
2016 Summer	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Parque Olímpico do Rio
2018 Winter	Pyeongchang	South Korea
2018 Summer (Youth)	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Predio Ferial Olímpico
2020 Winter (Youth)	Lausanne	Switzerland
2020 Summer	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Big Sight
2022 Winter	Beijing	China	China National Convention Center, Genting Hotel, Yanqing MMC

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

References

1. "International Broadcast Centre to be hosted in Rio de Janeiro". FIFA.com. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
2. 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 36-9. Accessed 16 November 2010. (English) & (French)
3. "Calgary Stampede History (under year 1988 heading)". The Calgary Stampede Historical Committee. Retrieved 2012-01-28.