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How we turned a motorway network into a live audience platform

Our technology unlocks audience profiles - plan against them in advance and trigger creative the moment they arrive. Deterministic, not modelled.

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From Auto to Audience

Every vehicle entering our network is captured by ANPR and resolved into a real audience profile in real time, not modelled, not estimated. ANPR Audiences matches that profile against live campaigns in a single data lake and triggers the right creative the moment the right audience arrives. Performance and inventory data feed straight back into the next brief.

What it delivers

Deterministic, not modelled
Every audience built on real vehicle and spend data, not survey panels.
Real-time triggering
Creative is served the moment the right audience arrives on-screen.
Continuous learning
Performance and inventory data feed straight into the next brief.

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Our digital out-of-home network goes beyond broadcast. Campaigns can be targeted, updated and optimised in real time, turning attention into action.

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Frequently asked questions

What is ANPR Audiences?
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ANPR Audiences is i-media's real-time audience targeting platform for out-of-home advertising. It combines ANPR vehicle recognition, Starcount open banking data, and mobile location data to identify who is visiting each motorway service area site and serve the right creative to the right audience the moment they arrive.

How does ANPR audience targeting work?
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When a vehicle enters an i-media site, ANPR reads the plate and matches it against live campaign audience profiles. If the site is over-indexing for a target audience, the relevant creative is triggered in real time. Targeting is based on verified spend behaviour and residential data, not modelled estimates.

What makes ANPR Audiences different from standard OOH targeting?
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Most OOH audience data is modelled from survey panels and estimated reach. ANPR Audiences is built on deterministic data, so every vehicle entering our network is captured, giving advertisers a census of real audience exposure rather than a statistical approximation. It's the most precise audience dataset in out-of-home.

What audience segments can I target?
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We offer 30+ pre-built Starcount Mindset segments and proprietary i-media segments including Tradespeople, Impulse Snackers, and EV Drivers, activatable immediately. For bespoke briefs, we can build against over 3,000 behaviours and demographics spanning financial behaviour, lifestyle indicators, vehicle usage, and mobility patterns.

Can I target my competitors' customers?
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Yes. ANPR Audiences enables brand conquesting using Starcount open banking data to identify competitor customers by verified spend behaviour, not modelled proxies. A brief can target an entire category or the verified customers of a single named competitor brand, reached in real time at motorway service areas.

How does ANPR Audiences protect user privacy?
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ANPR Audiences operates at audience segment level, not individual level. Vehicle plates are used as an anonymous lookup key matched against aggregated behavioural segments. No personal data is attached to ad delivery and no individual profile is built or stored. Targeting is privacy-compliant by design.

What is ANPR Audiences?
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ANPR Audiences is i-media's real-time audience targeting platform for out-of-home advertising. It combines ANPR vehicle recognition, Starcount open banking data, and mobile location data to identify who is visiting each motorway service area site and serve the right creative to the right audience the moment they arrive.

Is there human oversight of ad serving?
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ANPR Audiences is i-media's real-time audience targeting platform for out-of-home advertising. It combines ANPR vehicle recognition, Starcount open banking data, and mobile location data to identify who is visiting each motorway service area site and serve the right creative to the right audience the moment they arrive.

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