Combined Artists Productions

Combined Artistic Productions is a South African production company owned by Jon Sparkes, George Mazarakis, and Nomahlubi Simamane, a Black Economic Empowerment partner.

The company produces South Africa's longest-running television series, Carte Blanche, for M-Net. The series started in 1988.[1] In January 2010 two spin-off series were launched,[2] 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 FIFA World Cup Final Draw in Cape Town,[3][4] which was broadcast to an expected 200-million viewers.[5] The company also produced the Preliminary Draw in Durban in November 2007 and the FIFA Confederations Cup draw in Johannesburg in November 2008.

References
  1. O'Hara, Billie. "Carte Blanche: History". Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. Ryan, Bill (2 January 2010). "New year, new treats!". IOL. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  3. "2010 Final Draw production company announced". Fifa.com. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. "South Africa: Combined Artists Productions Chosen to Produce Final Draw", allafrica.com, 9 September 2009, retrieved 26 January 2010
  5. Molinaro, John (2 December 2009). "Why is the World Cup draw such a big deal?". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
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