Live From The Independent Show 07/23/12

BendBroadband will be the first to deploy low-cost Evolution HD uDTAs from Evolution Digital LLC in the U.S. market. BendBroadband’s deployment includes self-install kits and RF remote-control technology that requires no line-of-sight to the unit. Evolution says the key advantage of the Evolution Universal HD Digital Terminal Adapter is that it works on existing Motorola and Cisco systems. The HD uDTA is nearly as small as a smart phone and one-fifth the cost of high-def STBs two years ago, the company adds…Great Lakes Data Systems Inc. (GLDS) launched what it says is the industry’s only fully integrated, real-time content authorization service for TV Everywhere, dubbed WinCAP, and it will demo that platform at the show, which starts today. WinCAP offers centralized multi-screen account and parental control management, integrated with GLDS’ existing Web-based, self-care portal called CableAnytime. The centralized platform also gives content providers a single point of contact for authorizing content…ActiveVideo Networks will be showing off its CloudTV platform includes an advanced HTML5 app engine running entirely in remote servers to execute and render apps and user experiences, which are streamed to consumers’ devices via MPEG-2 or H.264.