The leak of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony by South Korean media has provoked strong resentment among people at home and abroad. Although the South Korean media have publicly expressed their apology, they refused to admit secretly filming. Gaspard, the chairman of the IOC Press Commission said that although equipment was allowed for testing by broadcasters during rehearsals of the opening ceremony, it was never a practice to prematurely disclose its contents. The behavior of SBS was the first of its kind in Olympic history - not only did they break the tacit agreement, they also "took away" the joy of people looking forward to a surprise.