Serial Maven Studios Merges With Cantina Media
Strategic Merger Creates A Powerhouse in Unscripted Production and Distribution
(3rd February 2025 – Toronto) Serial Maven Studios, the next-generation studio specialising in innovative models for developing, financing, producing, and distributing unscripted intellectual properties, is excited to announce its merger with Cantina Media, a leading premium production company.
This merger represents a significant step in establishing a truly independent, globally focused production and distribution business. The new studio delivers an expanded slate of over 350+ hours of premium unscripted programming across a broad range of genres.
The merged business will retain the name Serial Maven Studios, with Cantina Media becoming its production label.
“This merger underscores our optimism and forward-thinking drive to tell stories with global relevance,” said Solange Attwood, CEO of Serial Maven Studios. “By combining the creative and production expertise of our production label Cantina Media with our global financing and distribution capabilities, we are positioned to deliver even greater value to our platform partners and audiences worldwide.”
Cantina Media, founded in 2024 by Michael Kot and Betty Orr, brings a wealth of international expertise and excellence. Under their former label, Saloon Media, the duo delivered multi-award-winning productions for a gamut of services including Amazon Prime, Crave, CBC, HISTORY, Smithsonian, Discovery ID, UKTV and Channel 5 among others. Kot and Orr’s credits include acclaimed productions such as Canada’s Drag Race (Crave), Hoarders (A&E), Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (Amazon Prime), Life Below Zero (National Geographic & Cottage Life), and See No Evil (Discovery ID).
“We’re thrilled to bring together our complimentary talents,” said Michael Kot. “We’re building a flexible and adaptive company that is uniquely positioned for an ever-evolving media landscape. Our merger embraces the new market and audiences with innovation, efficiency and reach.”
The new company will focus on delivering a bespoke 360-degree approach to co-financing, co-production, and distribution. It will ensure content solutions tailored to the needs of the international marketplace.
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About Serial Maven Studios
Headquartered in Toronto, Serial Maven Studios is a forward-thinking, globally focused studio dedicated to creating, financing, producing, and distributing original, returnable intellectual property. Led by Solange Attwood (CEO), Julie Chang (COO), Michael Kot (President), and Betty Orr (Managing Director of Production), Serial Maven Studios is renowned for delivering innovative, solution-driven content partnerships and premium programming with an international offering of 350+ hours of content from best-in-class production companies in the US, UK, Australia and Canada.