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The shift to direct digital transmission of first-run movies from Hollywood to movie theaters across the country via satellite took a step forward when Microspace Communications Corp., of Raleigh, N.C., reached a deal to distribute movies to theaters owned by Carmike Cinemas of Columbus, Ga., the nation’s fourth-largest theater chain.

The shift to direct digital transmission of first-run movies from Hollywood to movie theaters across the country via satellite took a step forward when Microspace Communications Corp., of Raleigh, N.C., reached a deal to distribute movies to theaters owned by Carmike Cinemas of Columbus, Ga., the nation's fourth-largest theater chain.