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).

FIFA World Cup IBC/MPC host cities

1958: – Gothenburg 1962: – Santiago 1966: – London 1970: – Mexico City 1974: – Munich 1978: – Buenos Aires 1982: – Madrid 1986: – Mexico City 1990: – Rome 1994: – Dallas and Los Angeles 1998: – Paris 2002: – Seoul – Yokohama 2006: – Munich 2010: – Johannesburg 2014: – Rio de Janeiro 2018: – Moscow 2022: – Doha 2026: – Dallas 2030: – Casablanca 2034: – Riyadh

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 of total space, 966 tonnes of fir wood and 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.

FIFA Women's World Cup IBC/MPC host cities 1991: – Guangzhou 1995: – Stockholm 1999: – Los Angeles 2003: – Los Angeles 2007: – Shanghai 2011: – Frankfurt 2015: – Vancouver 2019: – Paris 2023: – Sydney 2027: – Rio de Janeiro

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: – London 2000: – Amsterdam 2004: – Lisbon 2008: – Vienna 2012: – Warsaw 2016: – Paris 2020: – Vijfhuizen 2024: – Leipzig 2028: – London 2032: – Milan

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.

Edition City Country Venue or location 1964 Winter Innsbruck Innrain campus of the University of Innsbruck (MPC) 1964 Summer Tokyo NHK Broadcasting Center 1968 Winter Grenoble Malherbe apartment complex and various locations 1968 Summer Mexico City National Autonomous University of Mexico 1972 Winter Sapporo Makomanai Park and Hokkaido Youth Hall (MPC) 1972 Summer Munich Zentrale Hochschulsportanlage (IBC) and Olympia Pressestadt (MPC) 1976 Winter Innsbruck IVB Halle (IBC) and (MPC) 1976 Summer Montreal Cité du Havre (IBC) and Complexe Desjardins (MPC) 1980 Winter Lake Placid Highway Dept. Garage1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 36-9. Accessed 16 November 2010. 1980 Summer Moscow Olympic TV and Radio Broadcasting Complex (OTRK) (IBC)Media headquarters at 4 Zubovsky Boulevard (MPC) 1984 Winter Sarajevo RTV Center (IBC)Youth Centre Skenderija (MPC) 1984 Summer Los Angeles University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles Convention Center (MPC) 1988 Winter Calgary Big Four Building (Stampede Park) 1988 Summer Seoul KBS Building 1992 Winter Albertville La Léchère (MPC) and Moûtiers (IBC) 1992 Summer Barcelona Fira de Barcelona pavilions in Montjuïc 1994 Winter Lillehammer Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Campus 1996 Summer Atlanta Georgia World Congress Center 1998 Winter Nagano Wakasato Civic Cultural Hall (MPC)A renovated former textile mill (IBC) 2000 Summer Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Pavilions 2002 Winter Salt Lake City Salt Palace Convention Center 2004 Summer Athens Golden Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex 2006 Winter Turin Lingotto Fiere Exhibition Centre 2008 Summer Beijing Olympic Green Convention Centre 2010 Winter Vancouver Vancouver Convention Centre (IBC) and Canada Place (MPC)Whistler Conference Centre (IBC/MPC) 2010 Summer (Youth) Singapore Marina Bay Sands 2012 Winter (Youth) Innsbruck  (IBC) and OlympiaWorld (MPC) 2012 Summer London London Olympics Media Centre 2014 Winter Sochi Sochi Olympic Park 2014 Summer (Youth) Nanjing Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park 2016 Winter (Youth) Lillehammer Mesna Upper Secondary School 2016 Summer Rio de Janeiro Barra Olympic Park 2018 Winter Pyeongchang Alpensia Resort 2018 Summer (Youth) Buenos Aires La Rural Convention Centre (IBC)Parque Olímpico de la Juventud (MPC) 2020 Winter (Youth) Lausanne Le Flon 2020 Summer Tokyo Tokyo Big Sight 2022 Winter Beijing China National Convention Center (MPC/IBC)Zhangjiakou Mountain Media Centre (IBC/MPC) 2024 Winter (Youth) Gangwon E-Zen Experience Training Centre 2024 Summer Paris Hall 3 at (IBC)Palais des congrès de Paris (MPC) 2026 Winter Milan Fiera Milano Rho 2028 Summer Los Angeles Warner Bros. Ranch Studio Lot (IBC)Hollywood Park Studios (MPC)https://la28.org/en/newsroom/two-world-class-los-angeles-studio-campuses-will-help-power-the-la28-games.html 2030 Winter TBD TBD 2032 Summer Brisbane Visy Glass factory in West End (IBC)Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (MPC) 2034 Winter Salt Lake City Salt Palace Convention Center

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