2006 FIFA WORLD CUP GERMANY™: THE IBC
 
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Location

The IBC of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ was located in the international and attractive city of Munich, a major communications hub offering first-class facilities with 90 airlines flying to the Bavarian capital, totaling around 5,600 European and 240 intercontinental flights per week.

The city has the privilege of hosting the FIFA Congress, the Opening Ceremony and the Opening Match, as well as one Semi-Final.

The site of the former Riem International Airport now houses the "Munich International Congress Centre" (ICM) and "Munich Trade Fair Centre"- both are owned by one of the world's leading trade fair companies "Messe Munchen GmbH"- and was chosen to build the International Broadcast Centre. The address of the IBC was Am Messesee 2/ 81829 Muenchen/ Germany.

Transportation

The IBC could be easily reached either by car or public transport.

Road:

  • Numerous motorways lead to Munich. The New Munich Trade Fair Centre is well marked with signposts whether approaching from the centre or the outskirts of the city.


    • Shuttles:
  • There was a media shuttle service between the North Entrance and key hotel areas, the nearby metro station (Messestadt West) and the FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich. OC 2006 also organised a shuttle between the Messestadt West subway station and the main entrance of the IBC (North Entrance).

    The shuttle service began on 8 May.

    From 8 May until 21 May, shuttles were available:
    • every 10 minutes from 7:00 to 9:00 & 17:00 to 21:00
    • every hour from 9:00 to 18:00.

    From 22 May until 11 July, the shuttleran from 4:30 to 1:00 on the followingschedule:
    • every 20 minutes from 4:30 to 6:00
    • every 10 minutes from 6:00 to 9:00
    • every 30 minutes from 9:00 to 18:00
    • every 10 minutes from 18:00 to 00:00
    • every 20 minutes from 00:00 to 1:00

    From 12 July onwards, the shuttle ran every 15 minutes from 7:00 to 10:00 and 18:00 to 21:00 only.


    • Public Transportation:
  • The New Munich Trade Fair Centre is about 20 minutes from the city centre by underground subway. Line U2 runs at five to ten minute intervals from 5:30 to 24:00. The main stop for the New Munich Trade Fair Centre is Messestadt West.



    • For more information on travel and distances, please click here



    Parking:
  • Outdoor parking lots (600 vehicle capacity) were located in the vicinity of the North Entrance (gate 19), the main entrance to the IBC.


    • Access to IBC parking:
  • Driver and passengers had to display a valid accreditation device as well as a parking pass delivered by HBS Booking office.

    • Site

    As part of its Host Broadcaster mission, HBS implemented and operated the multilateral and unilateral construction of the IBC as well as the broadcast systems.

    The IBC is housed in the Munich Trade Fair Centre, a 16-hall building covering a total exhibition area of 160,000m², welcoming international trade fairs all year round. Three out of the 16 halls were reserved for the event. These halls housed the 2006 IBC (see image below) offering a total of 30,000m² for multilateral and unilateral areas, as well as a press centre.

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    -Hall C2: hosted the smaller unilateral areas as well as the Infront Sports & Media offices and served as the Main Press Centre
    -Hall C3 and C4: comprised HBS offices (Broadcast Information Office and the joint HBS/T-Systems Booking Office) and the host broadcaster technical complex, including the MCR, Telco room and Production Centre. The remainder of Hall C3 and Hall C4 were reserved for large unilateral areas, enabling some HDTV Broadcast Partners to be located near the MCR.


    Master Control Room in Hall C3 at the IBC.

    The newly built North Entrance accommodated service areas with important non-broadcast services such as:

    Banking services & Cash Point OC 2006 Information Point
    Travel Agency Shipping / Receiving Custom Broker
    Mail / Courier Service Medical services
    Telecom Agency Newspaper Kiosk

    Restaurants and snacks are available in Halls C2 to C4.

    Media shuttles were located outside of the North Entrance with connections to Media hotels, the nearby metro station (Messestadt West) and the Munich Stadium (on match days).

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    Freight Forwarding, Handling and Storage

    The IBC had two distinct mailing addresses, one for equipment deliveries and the other for regular mail and parcels.

    Deliveries were sent to:
    Messe Munich
    IMC-IBC
    Gate 19
    Paul-Henri-Spaak-Strasse 8
    81829 Munich, Germany

    Mail and parcels were sent to:
    Company Name
    C/O IBC FIFA WM 2006
    81822 Munich, Germany

    HBS recommended that Broadcast Partners used the two permanent on-site service providers, who organised "door to door" freight forwarding from a home country to the IBC.

    For further information please contact either service provider listed below.

    Schenker Deutschland AG
    Schenkerfairs
    Messegelände - Tor 21
    Paul-Henri-Spaak-Str. 8
    81829 München

    Tel: +49 (89) 949-24300
    Fax: +49 (89) 949-24339
    Email: fairs.muenchen@schenker.com

    WM 2006 - Contact:

    Roland Kreitmayr| Tel: +49 (89) 949-24318 | Email: roland.kreitmayr@schenker.com
    Georg Gartner| Tel: +49 (89) 949-24340| Email: georg.gartner@schenker.com
    Sabine Auer| Tel: +49 (89) 949-24336| Email: sabine.auer@schenker.com

    and

    Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG
    KN EXPO SERVICE
    Messegelände Riem - Tor 21
    Paul-Henri-Spaak Strasse 8
    81829 München

    Tel: +49 (89) 949-24400
    fax: +49 (89) 949-24409

    WM 2006 – Contact:

    Astrid Weitmann| Tel: +49 (89) 949-24422| Email: astrid.weitmann@kuehne-nagel.com
    Sebastian Grunwald| Tel: +49 (89) 949-24401| Email: sebastian.grunwald@kuehne-nagel.com

    Special note: Broadcast Partners who wished to use their own forklifts must apply for a specific authorisation. These BPs should contact the IBC Construction Help Desk at +49 89 949 32 971.


    The Broadcast Hub of the World Cup...

    The IBC acted as the nerve centre for global broadcast and media coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™. It was connected to all World Cup venues by a telecom network specially provided by T-Systems, a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary.
    The International Gateway for the delivery of the feeds of 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ was located at the International Broadcast Centre (Master Control Room) in Munich.

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    HBS Technical Standards

    HBS used the following standard for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™:

  • All Digital production
  • SDTV: SDI 625/50
  • HDTV: HD-SDI 1080i/50
  • VTR: Panasonic DVCPRO 50
  • Multi channel International Sound
  • Embedded audio only


    • Feeds availability at venues and IBC

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