Taiwan Mobile, a local operator with 522,000 cable TV subscribers and 7.5 million mobile customers, has jumped into bed with French CDN software specialist Broadpeak, for the services of improved multiscreen delivery for the 5G era. It is notable that, despite having over half a million pay TV subs, the announcement – emanating out of Singapore-based trade fair Broadcast Asia this week – does not mention Taiwan Mobile’s cable TV base even once. The reasoning is that this is a deal draped in efficiencies for video delivery over 5G networks, with Taiwan Mobile deploying Broadpeak’s BkS350 Origin Packager. The technology enables Taiwan Mobile to package and protect mobile-delivered ABR content – raising the bar for video quality, while reducing costs…