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Debt (Details Textual) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 20, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Nov. 15, 2013 | Apr. 02, 2014 | Oct. 23, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Line of Credit, Noncurrent | $ 19,602,000 us-gaap_LongTermLineOfCredit |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 us-gaap_LongTermLineOfCredit
Interest Paid | 367,000 us-gaap_InterestPaid | 334,000 us-gaap_InterestPaid |  |  |  |  |  |
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount | 4,803,000 us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Payable, Total | 40,044,000 us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent |  |  |  |  |  |  | 72,147,000 us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
6.75% Notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  | 550,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, stated interest rate | 6.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  | 6.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Maturity Year |  |  | 2020 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date |  |  | Apr. 01, 2020 |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Offering |  |  | 537,600,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Redemption Date, One | Apr. 01, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Redemption Date, Two | Apr. 01, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Redemption Date, Latest For Redemption At Face Amount | Apr. 01, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Redemption Price, Redemption Date One | 103.375%mdca_DebtInstrumentPercentageOfRedemptionPriceRedemptionDateOne / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Redemption Price, Redemption Date Two | 101.688%mdca_DebtInstrumentPercentageOfRedemptionPriceRedemptionDateTwo / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Redemption Price, Redemption Date, Latest For Redemption At Face Amount | 100.00%mdca_DebtInstrumentPercentageOfRedemptionPriceRedemptionDateLatestForRedemptionAtFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Percentage Redeemable Redemption Date, Additional | 106.75%mdca_DebtInstrumentPercentageRedeemableRedemptionDateAdditional / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Redemption Price Redemption Date, Additional | 35.00%mdca_DebtInstrumentPercentageOfRedemptionPriceRedemptionDateAdditional / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Redemption Price, Change In Ownership Control | 101.00%mdca_DebtInstrumentPercentageOfRedemptionPriceChangeInOwnershipControl / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
11% Notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, stated interest rate |  |  | 11.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_ElevenPercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |  |
Loss on redemption of notes |  |  |  | 55,588,000 us-gaap_GainLossOnRepurchaseOfDebtInstrument / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_ElevenPercentageNotesMember |  |  |  |
6.75% Notes issued in November 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, stated interest rate |  |  |  |  | 6.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinNovemberTwoThousandThirteenMember |  |  |
Additional borrowing face amount |  |  |  |  | 110,000,000 mdca_DebtInstrumentadditionalborrowingfaceamount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinNovemberTwoThousandThirteenMember |  |  |
Proceeds from Offering |  |  |  |  | 111,925,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinNovemberTwoThousandThirteenMember |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium |  |  |  |  | 4,125,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedPremium / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinNovemberTwoThousandThirteenMember |  |  |
Expense Related to Distribution or Servicing and Underwriting Fees |  |  |  |  | 2,200,000 us-gaap_ExpenseRelatedToDistributionOrServicingAndUnderwritingFees / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinNovemberTwoThousandThirteenMember |  |  |
6.75% Notes Issued in April 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, stated interest rate |  |  |  |  |  | 6.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinAprilTwoThousandFourteenMember |  |
Additional borrowing face amount |  |  |  |  |  | 75,000,000 mdca_DebtInstrumentadditionalborrowingfaceamount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinAprilTwoThousandFourteenMember |  |
Proceeds from Offering |  |  |  |  |  | 77,452,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinAprilTwoThousandFourteenMember |  |
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium |  |  |  |  |  | 3,938,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedPremium / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinAprilTwoThousandFourteenMember |  |
Expense Related to Distribution or Servicing and Underwriting Fees |  |  |  |  |  | 1,500,000 us-gaap_ExpenseRelatedToDistributionOrServicingAndUnderwritingFees / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdca_SixPointSevenFivePercentageNotesIssuedinAprilTwoThousandFourteenMember |  |
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Increase (Decrease), Net |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityIncreaseDecreaseForPeriodNet / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = mdca_WellsFargoCapitalFinanceLlcMember |
Long-term Line of Credit |  |  | 225,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = mdca_WellsFargoCapitalFinanceLlcMember |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date |  |  |  |  |  |  | Sep. 30, 2019 |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 325,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = mdca_WellsFargoCapitalFinanceLlcMember |
Line of Credit Facility, Description |  |  | Dec. 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Base Rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, stated interest rate | 1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = mdca_WellsFargoCapitalFinanceLlcMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_BaseRateMember |  |  |  |  |  | 1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = mdca_WellsFargoCapitalFinanceLlcMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_BaseRateMember |
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, stated interest rate | 1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = mdca_WellsFargoCapitalFinanceLlcMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember |  |  |  |  |  | 1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis = mdca_WellsFargoCapitalFinanceLlcMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember |

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