Thomson said it has demonstrated the ability to stream, in real time, an uncompressed digital 4K movie over a 10 Gbps optical fibre IP network operated by LambdaNet Communications Deutschland AG.

Transport and playback in real-time took place at Thomson’s Corporate Research Center in Hannover. The film was sent on a 2,000 kilometer (about 1,250 miles) loop.

Thomson said that in anticipation of the needs of the digital content production industry, it has been conducting research for almost two years on high-speed real-time data transfer technology to enable efficient management of production-quality digital content over long distances.