NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Although the recent stream of news from media and marketing companies has been something of a depressing dirge, not all is bad. At the IAB's recent forum, Manish Bhatia, president of global and US sales at Nielsen Online, ticked off the latest data points documenting the core strength of internet media. One statistic that should warm the cockles of many online marketing and media executives' hearts is this: online video viewing increased by 46% during the last year and continues to climb.