Anga Com isn’t a show we generally associate with revolutionary innovation or groundbreaking deals being struck, yet sometimes looking further down the pecking order can uncover some significant potential. While new boy Synamedia has arguably stolen the pre-show limelight with a confusing virtual headend in a box product launch (as covered in detail in a separate story), a number of not-so-familiar vendors are accompanying the usual suspects in flexing their cable muscles prior to the event in Cologne next week, which we’ll dive into. A couple of notable pre-show absentees though include MaxLinear, a trailblazer in manufacturing chipsets for all three powerline technologies, while the HomeGrid Forum, the alliance behind deploying and supporting G.hn technology, is familiarly averse to press…