YouTube, AI, and The New Rules of Video Buying with Google’s own Caroline Oates

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Think you know where your audience is actually watching video in 2026? Think again. 

In this episode, we sit down with Caroline Oates, Head of YouTube & Programmatic Sales ANZ at Google and IAB Board Member. Caroline breaks down why living room viewing habits have completely shifted, what brands get dead wrong with video buying, and how to fix broken measurement models. 

You'll get Google's exact framework for unskippable creative, learn how to tap into the high-trust creator economy, and discover how to leverage AI to turn YouTube into an unbeatable sales engine.

Key moments: 

00:00 Rethinking the true role of modern video advertising 

03:08 Why half of all watch time has shifted to connected TVs 

05:32 Overcoming common cross-media measurement and attribution hurdles 

07:44 Building an incremental measurement framework for CFO approval 

10:01 Navigating ad load algorithms and consumer skip behaviour 

15:00 Balancing brand building and short-term performance to boost ROI