The company evaluated the performance of eight reward-based crowdfunding platforms (where a donor receives a reward of value in exchange for a cashcontribution) and six investment-based platforms (where investors receive equity or interest on their investment).
SoftBank's cashcontribution, deep expertise in the deployment of next-generation wireless networks and track record of success in taking share in mature markets from larger telecommunications competitors are expected to create a stronger, more competitive New Sprint that will deliver significant benefits to U.S. consumers.
Although revenue contribution of the cable networks (Showtime, Flix, The Movie Channel) is just about 12%, the EBITDA contribution is close to 21% and free cash flow contribution is near 25%.