BREAKING. The Broadcasting Complaints Commission rules ''Don't touch me on my studio'' to be fair.

Earlier today the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) has ruled that the  whole ''Don't touch me on my studio'' live on-air disruption on the eNews Channel (DStv 403) was fair towards the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), and in the ruling rejected complaints by the political party that AWB secretary general Andre Visagie was treated unfairly.

In April, after the murder of AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, host Chris Maroleng of the Africa 360 current affairs show on the eNews Channel, had a panel debate with in-studio guests Andre Visagie and political analyst Lebohang Pheko. It wasn't long before live pandemonium ensued in the studio that created an instant buss-worthy TV moment.

"It is understandable that e.tv, by arranging a debate of this nature so soon after the murder, was courting trouble - and trouble was soon to come," said the BCCSA in its ruling earlier today. ''Despite the interruptions, the heated debate and the fiasco at the end, I think that each party had the opportunity to put its viewpoint on this controversial matter to the viewing public,'' the BCCSA said in its ruling.

ALSO READ and WATCH the video HERE: The eNews Channel and the AWB make headlines with ''Don't touch me on my studio'' on-air fiasco.

BREAKING. O Captain, my captain . . . Jean-Luc Picard goes from starfleet captain to British knight.

The man who portrayed my favourite starfleet captain, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard just went from captain to knight.

Actor Patrick Stewart (69) who played Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation on television and in the subsequent movies, were knighted earlier today in Londen by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

After a little run-in with the Borg at Wolf 359, and that little crashlanding of the USS Enterprise 1701-D on the surface of Veridian III, he will hence be known as Sir Patrick Stewart.

FAILURE! (AGAIN) Super 5 Media once again misses its own starting date to launch a pay TV platform in South Africa.

Super 5 Media has once again NOT launched its pay TV platform yesterday on June 1 as it said it would, and is currently hiding away and not speaking to anybody or responding to media enquiries.

I've lost count as to how many times Super 5 Media has promised to start, had the date roll by, to then simply come up with a new date. Super 5 Media has lost all credibility within the local TV industry after it has - in only this year so far - promised to start its pay TV service in February, then May, then June - and has now also missed that date.

I called the troubled Super 5 Media several times yesterday and sent numerous email requests. This morning I phoned again and during the afternoon. No response. Shenzhen Media SA is the majority shareholder in Super 5 Media after Telkom sold their share and the name changed from Telkom Media to Super 5 Media.

Who knows what date Super 5 Media will dream up next. July? September? Just like The Bible Code, the Mayan 2012 calendar, Nostradamus and prophecies predicting the end of the world, Super 5 Media's self-imposed starting date remains more massive myth than actual fact - and then, when it eventually rolls around, constantly keeps getting pushed always further into a fake new future.

As CNBC Africa turns three, the biz channel plans to open three further news bureaus across Africa over the next two years.

Today, a day after their 3rd birthday yesterday (and you would expect better from a business channel who deal in the latest business news themselves), CNBC Africa (DStv 410) sees it fit to issue a press release.

''CNBC Africa is currently planning to launch at least 3 new bureaus in the next two years,'' says the busines channel.
"The channel is probably the only media player on the continent currently providing an editorially independent voice for Africa, from Africa, to the international business and investment market for between 8 to 10 hours every day,'' says Gary Alfonso, CNBC Africa's managing director.

FIRST LOOK! SABC2's 7de Laan goes World Cup crazy: ''Show dem Bafana, show dem!''

SABC2's 7de Laan is going Bafana Bafana crazy. I just got this photo to share of the 7de Laan cast that dressed up to show their support for Bafana Bafana and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Says the popular SABC2 soap: ''The 7de Laan cast would like to wish Bafana Bafana all the best with the World Cup. We're 100% behind you Bafana! We're proud to be South African and we're proud to have you as our team! Show dem Bafana, show dem!''

FIRST LOOK! Lady Gaga on Larry King Live today; talks about her ''fascination with death and the demise of celebrity''.

This is how Lady Gaga will look on Larry King Live at 11:00 today (South African time) when she's the guest on Larry King's talk show on CNN International (DStv 401) and they wear inverse black-and-white shirts, ties and suspenders.

In the pre-recorded interview Larry King will ask Lady Gaga about Michael Jackson, and here is some of Lady Gaga's answer: ''He's such an inspiration and remarkable human being. I guess . . . some of my fascination with death and the demise of the celebrity goes along with me watching these hugely iconic and amazing people that I have heralded and admired become destroyed - whether self-destroyed or destroyed by the media."

Fans can also tune in for a tease of Lady Gaga's new ''Alejandro'' music video during this morning's Larry King Live that's a collaboration with Steven Klein.

BREAKING. Redi Direko readying her big TV comeback with her own talk show: Get ready for Redi on Mzansi on Mzansi Magic.

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I can exclusively reveal that Redi Direko is readying her TV return, this time with her own TV talk show on the new Mzansi Magic channel (DStv 107), currently having the working title, Redi on Mzansi.

The media maven disappeared from South African TV screens in October when she gave up her co-anchoring job on the eNews Channel (DStv 403) of the prime time evening news bulletin News Night with Jeremy Maggs and told me then that it was because of work pressure. Redi Direko kept her daily, national radio talk show however.

Now Redi Direko is ready for her TV comeback with Redi on Mzansi, which will initially be a weekly TV talk show on the Mzansi Magic channel that will start broadcasting on July 12. ''It will be focused on entertaining topics and guests,'' Redi Direko tells me, ''not heavy content - and for now it will be on once a week and be light and fun.'' She says doing a new daily talk show on a brand-new TV channel would put everyone under too much pressure, so the show will start out with one episode a week.

''My show will be informative and entertaining. I want to show a side of me that hasn't come out yet on television before; that people haven't seen before. Most people know me for discussing hard core politics and debate on radio but with this new TV talk show I will have the opportunity to be myself and show a 'new' side to myself. We will do profile guests where I will do one on one's like with the Khanyisile Mbau's to talking about health and fitness. Redi on Mzansi will be about me and South Africa just having entertaining yet informative conversations,'' Redi Direko tells me.

BREAKING. Wendy Williams and The Wendy Williams Show coming to South Africa on TopTV's BET channel from July.

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I can reveal that a brand-new American talk show is coming to South African audiences with Wendy Williams of The Wendy Williams Show coming to BET (TopTV 190) from July.

BET Networks that runs BET has acquired the second season of the The Wendy Williams Show after showing the first season on BET in America already, and has now also agreed to show the brash and bold talk show host on its international BET channels, including South Africa.

''Wendy has been an important element in the network's success this year and we are thrilled to have her talk show back for a second season,'' says Barbara Zaneri, BET Networks' executive vice president of program strategy, scheduling and acquisitions. ''We also believe Wendy's universal appeal will translate to all corners of the world, making her a key player for BET's international networks as well.''

Michael Armstrong, senior vice president and general manager of BET International says the addition of The Wendy Williams show to BET's international weekday line-up further positions BET as one of the best entertainment TV channels available. ''Wendy Williams has the uncanny ability to make both her guests and viewers feel like they've known her all their lives.''

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ''This is CNN . . .'': CNN turns 30 today - an appreciation of the world's first 24 hour TV news channel.

Happy birthday to CNN that started today, 30 years ago, on 1 June 1980.

Ted Turner started the Cable News Network (CNN) with just 25 people that now consists out of various 24 hour news channels, amongst them CNN International (DStv 401) seen in South Africa and on the rest of the African continent.

Before DStv started 15 years ago this coming October, South Africans got a taste of CNN and its wide reach in truly global television news. TV1 would use CNN's footage during  a specific share agreement in the late eighties and early nineties. NNTV, later renamed SABC3, aired Larry King Live daily until the show was later dropped. TV1 showed specific CNN programming for years in South Africa such as Style with Elsa Klensch, Showbiz Today with Jim Moret and Lauren Sydney (I watched and recorded it religiously) and even a daily afternoon block during which viewers could see Business Day with Stuart Varney and Debora Marchini. CNN International was also the first all news channel (until the SABC replaced it with SABC Africa, then SABC News International) at the end of transmission as it's night time feed. Basically my whole late night high school life was spent soaking up CNN International from midnight when I would start to do my homework with CNN on-air talent such as Frank Sesno and Peter Arnett. I hardly ever missed a night with Judy Woodruff and Bernard Shaw in America and Hilary Bowker in London all three anchoring together.

Indelible images of news events CNN brought South African viewers over the years include the OJ Simpson car chase live with Larry King, the 1986 Challenger disaster, the first Gulf War in 1991 from Baghdad, 9/11 and Linden Soles confirming early on a Sunday morning during my university years studying journalism that Lady Diana, the princess of Wales has died. Of course there was also Christiane Amanpour and her awe-inspiring coverage of the Bosnian war. Do you still remember James Earl Jones' iconic and booming voice? ''This is CNN.'' And then when something happened and you just knew it was really very important: ''This is CNN with BREAKING NEWS. . .''