Max Miller

London

Senior Reporter at Broadcast Magazine

Senior Reporter for @broadcast_sport and @broadcast_TECH. Formerly @Metro_Sport. MA Interactive @cityjournalism

Articles

ECB & Multiple launch new kit with Flintoff vid

1 week ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

The ECB and The Multiple Agency have launched the new England cricket kits with a video featuring Andrew Flintoff. Flintoff, who recently returned to the public eye in a Disney+ documentary charting his return from a life-threatening car accident, presents as top men’s and women’s players star alongside younger fans in the kit featuring new main sponsor Toyota. It aims to champion the unifying power of cricket, from street cricket to international stadiums.
BBC stays on court with LTA extension

1 week ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

The BBC has extended its LTA rights deal until the end of 2027. This means the broadcaster will continue to air the Queen’s Championships across linear, iPlayer, and the BBC Sport website, as well as the LTA’s Eastbourne and Nottingham events on iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. Queen’s will include a women’s tournament this year, for the first time in half a century.
Done+Dusted produces 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards

1 week ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

Taking place on 21 April in Madrid, the event honours the top athletes around the globe and celebrated its 25th year this time round. Premier Sports broadcast it live in the UK, with viewers seeing gymnast Simone Biles and pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis taking home the prestigious Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year prizes. Done+Dusted was also celebrating an anniversary this year, having now produced the awards for the past 20 years.
World Rugby & Sunset+Vine on bringing the SVNS to global audiences

1 week ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

“I don’t think that level of collaboration happens very often in production.”Sunset+Vine managing director was onsite for the showpiece Hong Kong SVNS tournament this year, producing for Sunset+Vine as part of a team integrated with World Rugby’s production - which handled social content and digital highlights, as well as providing the live production’s director.
How ISB is preparing for The World Games 2025 Chengdu

1 week ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

There are now less than a hundred days to go until the The World Games 2025 Chengdu take place, and host broadcaster International Sports Broadcasting is well underway in its preparations. Around 1000 people will be involved in bringing the event to audiences around the globe from 7-17 August, across 18 production teams. Most of those will be from China, with teams from Colombia, Spain, and central Europe complementing this. There is also one all-female production team involved.
BBC agrees four-year ECB deal

1 week ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

The BBC has agreed a four-year deal with the ECB to air live The Hundred matches, and highlights of international cricket. It will show 16 Hundred matches each season, eight men’s and eight women’s, including the opening fixtures and finals. The BBC has shown the competition since its creation in 2021, sharing the rights with Sky Sports.More investment into The Hundred is expected, with counties selling stakes in the teams to outside investors since the last season.
How The Kite Factory flew the LTA’s Queens campaign

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

The Queen’s Club Championships has long been a prelude for the men’s Wimbledon tournament, but for 2025 it will also welcome some of the top women’s tennis players for the first time since 1973. With this in mind, the LTA, the national governing body for tennis in the UK, worked with media agency The Kite Factory to produce The Queens Of Tennis campaign across TV, Out Of Home, social media and digital channels, focusing on top women’s players Emma Raducanu, Naomi Osaka and Katie Boulter.
WBD & Salomon relaunch Golden Trail World Series with Olympic ambition

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

Warner Bros. Discovery and Salomon have relaunched the Golden Trail World Series, with the first event taking place in Kobe, Japan, last week. The pair are working jointly on the project, with the broadcaster handling production, which it will contract out, as well as distribution and marketing. In terms of distribution, the Golden Trail World Series is being shown by TNT Sports in the UK, plus Eurosport in Europe - as it was for the last two seasons, and other Warner Bros.
Flintoff lands on Disney+

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

Documentary follows TV presenter and former England cricketer on his return after life-threatening car crashFlintoff, a documentary on TV presenter and former England cricketer Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, is now available on Disney+. Produced by South Shore and directed by John Dower, the documentary follows Flintoff as he recovered from a life-threatening car crash he experienced while filming for Top Gear in 2022.
TNT Sports & WBD Access reveal Reframe The Frame directors

4 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Max Miller

Hannah Congdon, Somina Fombo and Daisy Ifama chosen to produce shows on women’s sport TNT Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery Access have revealed the three directors chosen as part of their Reframe The Game initiative, Broadcast Sport can report. Launched last year, Reframe The Game challenged UK-based female filmmakers to submit short documentary concepts on women’s sport.