A process for secure distribution of digital audiovisual streams according to a standard, normalized or proprietary format including separating an original stream into two parts, transmitting the parts to addressee equipment, generating a modified main stream having a format of the original stream and complementary information with any format including digital information suitable to permit reconstruction of the original stream, and transmitting the modified stream from a distribution server via separate paths during distribution in an extended, secure multicasting mode to the addressee equipment from a secure central server passing via at least one router and at least one switch connecting the addressee equipment to the central server via at least one access point.