Combined Artistic Productions is a South African production company owned by Jon Sparkes, George Mazarakis, and Nomahlubi Simamane, a

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partner. The company produces South Africa's longest-running television series,

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, for

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. The series started in 1988. In January 2010 two spin-off series were launched, namely, Carte Blanche Consumer and Carte Blanche Medical. In 2011, a further spin-off, Carte Blanche Extra was launched, which departed from the magazine format for a more behind-the-scenes reality format. On 8 September 2009 FIFA selected Combined Artistic Productions to produce the

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Final Draw in

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, which was broadcast to an expected 200-million viewers. The company also produced the Preliminary Draw in Durban in November 2007 and the FIFA Confederations Cup draw in Johannesburg in November 2008.

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Combined Artistic Productions
Television production companies of South Africa