Loans from investment banks provided companies like Access IT with the credit to install the new equipment, while studios essentially pay off that debt through a fee--usually around $1,000--for every digital copy they ship to the movie theaters. "As long as the movie theaters show movies, we're going to get paid ... We're very bullish on the industry." Though the nationwide overhaul would cost near $3 billion, it would save distributors and theater owners nearly a billion dollars a year by replacing the cumbersome, costly film reels with digital versions.
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