@ukdtt on Twitter has noticed an OFCOM license that suggests
GOLD is coming to Freeview, and therefore probably FTA on other platforms.
https://twitter.com/ukdtt/status/1338359321256718337
Now that UKTV has got 24 hour streams for
Dave Ja Vu and
CCXTV maybe UKTV are making two channels FTA? Until this license got reported I thought speculation about this unlikely. Less so now.
Dave Ja Vu is at too prominent an EPG number (23) for a +1 so I still feel it's a placeholder. I know I'm a stuck record on this, but I can still see
Eden going FTA as it's ratings are much worse than the rest of UKTV's channels, except for
CCXTV which they just bought.