Freely, the 3-in-1 streaming successor to FTA channels in the UK, is set to launch in Q2 2024, and questions around the roadmap were tackled at Connected TV World Summit 2024 by Jonathan Thompson, CEO of Everyone TV – the standalone organization jointly owned by public service broadcasters ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and the BBC In an attempt to appease companies positioned as content aggregators, Thompson insisted that Freely is not a Kangaroo 2.0, nor is it competition for smart TV FAST offerings, nor is it seeking to replace the ITVX SVoD. As representatives of Everyone TV, ITV, and BBC succeeded each other, mouths were zipped shut on anything other than platitude talking points about Freely, with a few…