The cinema coalition made up of AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Universal, Warner Bros., Disney, Paramount and Lionsgate announced last week that this summer they aim to commence satellite delivery of movies to theaters throughout the nation, with a full rollout by the end of 2013.
 

Satellite service aims to save money for studios. Already costs have decreased by due to the conversion of most North American theaters from 35mm to digital projection, allowing the shipping of movies encoded on hard drives to be one-tenth the cost of the shipping of film reels. Satellite will be designed to allow theaters to download movies form a private network onto dedicated servers, reducing distribution costs. However, satellite service is not projected to save money for ticketbuyers.
 

Groups not in the coalition such as smaller theaters, independent movie houses and indie-film distributors, are not as pleased with this transition, where the costs of digital conversion approximates to around $70,000 to $100,000 per screen. 
 

Satellite transmission opens up the possibility to view more than just movies in the movie theater, such as popular series or a major sporting event.