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