Broadpeak’s CDN Steering Center was due to make its dazzling debut at last year’s IBC, which was not to be. A wait of some seven months to showcase the new angle at NAB Show 2022 did not disappoint, as one distinct new cog within the French content delivery network specialist’s broader SaaS-based shift with broadpeak.io. But then, just as the dust was settling from a frenetic NAB, Broadpeak wasn’t done being disruptive – announcing plans for an IPO with sights set on €100 million ($106 million) annual revenues by 2026. A successful leap into public trading would be a major endorsement for multicast ABR, as Broadpeak strives to elevate the technology beyond a niche option dependent on an operator’s individual…