ESPN360 Scores Bangladesh Cricket Rights Deal; ESPN and Nimbus Sport International have reached a three-year deal for exclusive live coverage of all Bangladesh home international cricket matches on ESPN360.com. (Multichannel News)

At Least $150.1 Million Was Raised by Video Companies in Q4 ’09; at least 21 private companies disclosed financings in the quarter, ranging from $1 million each for Howcast and Mochila to $25 million each for Dailymotion and Delivery Agent. (VideoNuze)

Dutch Love Online Viewing; during the first quarter of 2009, about 30 percent of all Dutch watched at least ten online video streams from one of the public broadcasters or RTL Nederland. (Broadband TV News)

Consumers Want 3D From Cable, Satellite; in a recent online survey, more than three-fourths of consumers would rather receive 3D content via their cable or satellite provider compared with those respondents who prefer Blu-ray/DVD. (TWICE)

Shout! Sells TV DVDs Only Online; Shout! Factory is offering its Jan. 19 catalog releases, including the fourth season of Mr. Belvedere and second season of Room 222, only at its official online store. (Video Business)

The Daily Show and Colbert Report go with SnapStream; hit Comedy Central shows have selected the company’s TV search solution for locating and packaging high-definition clips from television broadcasts. (press release)

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AT&T Launches Video Search Site; beta version of VideoCrawler, co-developed with Divvio, out now (we weren’t impressed with early version). (CNET)

HoneyShed Needs to Build Bigger Audience; MTV-meets-QVC online shopping site hasn’t been able to attract visitors to the site and is shifting gears to pare down and distribute content (we weren’t impressed with an early version of this either). (AdWeek)

ESPN360 Launches New Video Player; updated versions will allow fans watching a game to chat with each other and will offer synchronized live stats and data. (Multichannel News)

Vudu Adds 1,000 HDX Movies; titles added to the high-def format include Iron Man and Journey to the Center of the Earth; news comes less than a week after the CEO departed. (Video Business)

DVDs4Vets Needs Discs; nonprofit collecting DVDs to send out to medical facilities taking care of wounded vets around the country. (Variety)

Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street (Online); famed kids show kicks off its 39th birthday by putting full-length shows on iTunes and offering clips on YouTube and Hulu. (emailed release)

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