After a successful maiden innings, Zing’s Pyaar Tune Tya Kiya is ready to swoon viewers with Season 2. The youth oriented channel launched its first ever real love inspired series in May. Presenting emotionally charged narratives, the show instantly touched the right cord as it showcased a chapter from everyday life, artfully packaged through communications.
For season 2, Zing is inviting viewers to share their own love stories through a unique promo narrated by host Chang. Reiterating their ideology of direct viewer engagement, youth icon Chang invites fans and viewers to share their love stories with the world, the best of which will be turned into an episode and showcased on the show itself! This initiative has been undertaken to make the 2nd innings a lot more special for the show’s discerning fans.
Season 1 drew curtains to a compelling fanbase with 44% increase in viewership, thereby effortlessly steering ahead of competition (1161 GTVT’s). Not only this, participating in the show’s success was the cast of Ek Villain as Shraddha Kapoor – Sidharth Malhotra got on the Pyaar tune kya Kiya bandwagon too! On the other hand, popular household figures such as Sara Khan, Pratyusha Banerjee were others who contributed towards the show’s popularity meter.
“We continue our commitment to cater to the younger generation. Keeping this in mind, Zing developed an overall communications plan that targeted every platform with special focus and attention spent on connecting with the youth through their language. Riding high on insights that digital media has a wider reach among the youth, we aggressively marketed our show online. Looking back, we are delighted to share that Pyaar tune kya kiya delivered well on both the key parameters – content and connect” Mr Anurag Bedi, EVP & Business Head- Zing quoted.
Pyaar tune Kya Kiya’s robust communication outreach engaged the youth across the nation and made way for the show’s second innings. It strategy implemented in the first leg involved ad inserts in key dailies, huge billboards in Mumbai and Delhi at prominent locations and main junction, 100 branded Caf Coffee Day outlets in metros and mini metros likewise. A colossal 215 audio slide in almost every niche theatre was showcased before a feature film to promote the show to masses. Leaving no stone unturned, to gain maximum mileage there were a whopping 5600 promos on every channel possible!
“Pyaar tune Kya Kiya is based on real life stories that really connect with the youth. Thus to promote the show on every medium possible we introduced an all-round communication plan that talked the language of the youth, our primary TG. Riding high on the insights that digital media has a wider reach among the youth, we extensively promoted the series on multiple digital platforms. It was our belief that the younger generation will take a liking to the concept and reciprocate to the communication line adopted, which worked fabulously well for us”, Mr Sharlton Menezes, Head Marketing – Zing stated.
All channels from the ZEE network joined the bandwagon along with other youth channels, which ran extensive promotions on air in the week leading to the show launch. Additionally, a novel, innovative concept of promoting the youth show was oriented by Zee TV stars that shot promos for the series. To create a focused outreach these promos were also aired on DID Lil Masters.