Interpublic Group’s McCann Erickson here has expanded its relationship with Major League Baseball, adding ad chores for MLB Network, the league’s cable and satellite TV franchise that launched on Jan. 1.
The assignment covers creative development and strategic planning. Ad spending was not disclosed. MLB spent $22 million in measured media in the first 10 months of 2008 after spending about that much through all of 2007, per Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
Mediastorm in Norwalk, Conn., handles buying chores for MLB Network.
The ad launch will be in mid-February or early March and creative is now in the planning stages, a McCann rep said.
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