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 will be 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 | 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 Olympic Park | |||
| 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.
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