SWOT Analysis: ALTBalaji Original Series Portfolio

ALTBalaji is an OTT platform that came into being in the year 2017 and was founded by Ekta Kapoor. The streaming platform has been home to many original series since its inception, and it has released many original series titles since then. For this article, we have considered titles that have got at least 1000 votes from IMDb users. Here is the full list of ALTBalaji Indian original series released until now along with the title’s current IMDb rating.

Sr.No. ALTBalaji Web Series Year IMDb Rating

(Out of 10)

1 Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat 2017 8.0
2 Dev DD 2017 7.9
3 The Test Case 2017 8.4
4 Bose: Dead/Alive 2017 8.8
5 Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2018 8.2
6 Gandii Baat 2018 3.4
7 Broken But Beautiful 2018 9.1
8 Apharan 2018 8.3
9 Puncch Beat 2019 8.8
10 Baarish 2019 8.2
11 Bekaaboo 2019 6.8
12 Medically Yourrs 2019 7.2
13 Booo Sabki Phategi 2019 5.3
14 BOSS: Baap of Special Services 2019 6.8
15 Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala 2019 7.3
16 M.O.M – Mission Over Mars 2019 7.8
17 The Verdict – State vs Nanavati 2019 7.5
18 Fixerr 2019 7.1
19 Fittrat 2019 7.3
20 Hum Tum and Them 2019 7.8
21 Code M 2020 7.3
22 Class of 2020 2020 7
23 It Happened In Calcutta 2020 6.9
24 Mentalhood 2020 7
25 Who’s Your Daddy? 2020 7.3
26 Bebaakee 2020 8.1
27 Mum Bhai 2020 6.9
28 Bicchoo Ka Khel 2020 8.4
29 Dark 7 White 2020 8.1
30 Paurashpur 2020 8
31 Bang Baang 2021 6.7
32 Hello Jee 2021 7.8
33 LSD – Love, Scandal and Doctors 2021 8.7
34 Crashh 2021 8.8
35 The Married Woman 2021 9.2
36 Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu 2021 8.7
37 His Storyy 2021 9.6
38 Cartel 2021 9

The above information may seem to be random data on a casual viewing. However, if we analyze it from a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) perspective by using the IMDb rating aspect, it might give us a more concrete viewpoint of the ALTBalaji original series portfolio.

STRENGTHS

ALTBalaji has released eight web series in the year 2021 so far with an average IMDb rating of around 8.6/10. This is the highest year-wise rating for the OTT platform until now so far. For instance, the latest crime drama show ‘Cartel’ has received an impressive rating of 9/10 by IMDb users. Selection of some titles such as ‘Bose: Dead/Alive’, ‘The Test Case’, ‘The Verdict – State vs Nanavati’, and ‘Broken But Beautiful’ are ALTBalaji portfolio’s strengths.

WEAKNESSES

Seven titles so far have got an IMDb average rating of less than 7. And out of these seven, ‘Gandii Baat’ and ‘Booo Sabki Phategi’ have received extremely low ratings of 3.4 and 5.3, respectively on IMDb. ALTBalaji could remove this weakness in its portfolio by refraining from selecting such titles in the future. The popular platform may also work out on the marketing aspect for some of the titles which have secured decent ratings but many users might still be unaware of their existence or details thereto.

OPPORTUNITIES

Until now, ALTBalaji has released all titles in its portfolio in the Hindi language so there is tremendous scope for acquiring quality content in other Indian languages as well. Diversification into a greater number of regional titles including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, and Marathi, etc. could do the trick.

THREATS

Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and SonyLIV, etc. can be said to be considered as threats to the OTT platform ALTBalaji, owing to the interesting mix of content these platforms are offering.