CISCO, FOX TRANSMIT DIGITAL FILM ON INTERNET TO THEATER IN ATLANTA.(ARTS)

Byline: RICK LYMAN New York Times

LOS ANGELES -- On Tuesday, for the first time, a Hollywood movie will be digitally transmitted across the country over the Internet and then digitally projected to a cinema audience, going from the studio in Hollywood to a theater in Atlanta without ever touching film, officials at 20th Century Fox Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. said.

The idea is to demonstrate the potential of digital distribution, which many believe will one day supplant traditional canisters of celluloid, and to allow Fox to have the world premiere of its new animated feature, ``Titan A.E.,'' at Atlanta's Supercomm trade show on Tuesday. The film, a space …