Rights-holding broadcasters are allowed to carry their cameras to the rehearsals but only to test their equipment.
Kevan Gosper, chairman of the IOC press commission, said: "Of course it's disappointing. To run that film is a breach (of rules). This has not happened before."
SBS tried to defend its action, saying it just wanted to show people part of the "majestic opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics" and to "raise an Olympic fever in South Korea".
"If the report has caused any unhappiness, we regret it," SBS said yesterday.
KBS and MBC, two other major South Korean TV networks, have condemned SBS for its "unprofessional act", and fear that the incident could lead to the cancellation of their reporting rights.
South Korean TV viewers, too, have criticized SBS's action.
"China has been preparing for the opening ceremony for years. Exposing such an event without permission is not understandable, it is a loss of face for the entire South Korean media," reads a posting on SBS's online forum.
Chinese netizens have posted angry comments on the Internet, denouncing SBS's lack of ethics and accusing it of breaking secrecy laws. Some postings have suggested canceling the TV channel's reporting rights.
Other Internet users have questioned the security at the National Stadium. A person who attended the July 16 rehearsal said there were no extra security checks for cameras and no warnings against video recording or photography.
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