Cantina Media, launched in 2024, is a new television and digital production company helmed by Michael Kot and Betty Orr.

Saloon Media, founded in 2013, was a leading factual, scripted and digital content producer with an international track record for delivering successful, award-winning programs prior to being purchased by Blue Ant Media in 2018.

Saloon’s original productions have broadcast on HISTORY, AHC, National Geographic, Smithsonian Channel, Discovery ID, CMT, SBS, ZDF, Yesterday, More4, Amazon and Netflix.

Its credits include four seasons of Canada’s Drag Race produced with Blue Ant Studios (Crave); two seasons of Hotel Paranormal — narrated by the iconic Dan Aykroyd (Travel Channel US, T+E); two seasons of World’s Most Scenic River Journeys, narrated by Golden Globe® Award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Smithsonian Channel Canada; Amazon Prime); the 20-episode, CSA-nominated series History By The Numbers, 13 seasons of See No Evil co-produced with Arrow Media UK (Discovery ID US); the critically acclaimed film Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (Amazon Prime); the award-winning documentary 9/11 Kids, and the CSA-nominated Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust.