UK Stalwart Icon Film Distribution And Its 300-Strong Library Finds Buyer In Kaleidoscope

Exclusive: After months of negotiation and speculation over the future of UK distributor Icon Film Distribution, I hear the company and its backer New Sparta has agreed a sale deal to fellow UK outfit Kaleidoscope and its main investor Schneider Media Investments (Smi).

The talks with Kaleidoscope have been going on for a couple of months but this was finally pushed through in the last couple of days, I understand.

The future of the revered Icon brand has been the subject…

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