After a stellar 2025 in which revenue reached record heights, 2026 has arrived like a kick in the front teeth for Broadpeak. The French video technology company, best known for its multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) and cloud PVR exploits, has posted yet another first-half net loss, this time of €4.3 million ($5 million). That alone is not surprising. Broadpeak has reported positive first-half net income exactly once since its IPO, back in 2022, when it recorded a profit of €1.4 million ($1.6 million). Since then, the company has failed to produce a profitable H1 or full year, although it has in the past managed to squeeze some profit at the back end of the year, where the business has historically performed more strongly. The bigger problem is the revenue picture. After reporting record H1 revenue…