International Broadcast Centre

The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) is a temporary hub for broadcasters during major sport events. It is also known as the International Press Center (IPC) or Main Press Center (MPC).

IBC/MPC host cities



 * 1958: 🇸🇪 sweden – Gothenburg
 * 1962: – Santiago
 * 1966: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england – London
 * 1970: 🇲🇽 mexico – Mexico City
 * 1974: – 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
 * 🇯🇵 japan – Yokohama
 * 2006: 🇩🇪 germany – Munich
 * 2010: – Johannesburg
 * 2014: 🇧🇷 brazil – Rio de Janeiro
 * 2018: 🇷🇺 russia – Moscow
 * 2022: 🇶🇦 qatar – Doha

2006 edition in Munich
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 Fairgrounds. The centre included 30000 m² of total space, 966 tonnes of fir wood and 22500 m² of wooden panels/walls, nearly 700 doors, fifteen television studios and was operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 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 an allocated space on the floor, which were separated by wooden panels.

UEFA European Football Championship
During the UEFA Euro 2016, in France, the IBC in Paris was host to journalists from around 190 countries. 120 television and radio channels had broadcast images and reports of the European Football Championship, 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.

IBC/MPC host cities

 * 1996: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england – London
 * 2000: – Amsterdam
 * 2004: – Lisbon
 * 2008: 🇦🇹 austria – Vienna
 * 2012: 🇵🇱 poland – Warsaw
 * 2016: 🇫🇷 france – Paris
 * 2020: – Vijfhuizen
 * 2024: 🇩🇪 germany – Leipzig

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, such as the 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 inaugural IBC was created for the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics during the inaugural Olympics to be telecast internationally without the need for tapes to be flown overseas, as they had been for the 1960 Olympics four years earlier. These were also the first Olympic Games to have color telecasts, albeit partially.