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Jermaine Jenas Seizes New Media Freedom After BBC Exit

He has launched his own production company to secure partnerships with betting firms that the BBC had previously blocked.

Overview

  • Jermaine Jenas says losing his BBC roles gave him a “sense of freedom” to rebuild his career on his own terms.
  • He launched his own production company this summer to oversee independent media projects.
  • He secured partnerships with betting firms that were barred while he worked under BBC conduct policies.
  • He resumed punditry on talkSPORT, describing his conduct as “wildly inappropriate” and has used his podcast appearances to fault the BBC’s internal communication blocks.
  • He revealed that his marriage to Ellie Penfold ended in March, a split he partly attributes to the strain of the scandal.