The Spanish High Court has quashed fines imposed on the Mediapro agency and four football clubs in December 2013.
The Comisión Nacional de la Competencia, Spain’s competition authority, imposed fines totalling about €15m ($20m) on Mediapro and Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Racing Santander, for having signed media rights deals that run for longer than three seasons.
Mediapro, which agreed the deals with all of the clubs involved, received the largest fine of €6.57m. Real Madrid and Barcelona were fined €3.9m and €3.6m, respectively, while top-tier Liga rival Sevilla was fined €900,000. Racing Santander, which currently competes in the Segunda División, was fined €30,000.
The watchdog began disciplinary proceedings against Mediapro, Barcelona, Sevilla and Racing Santander in May 2012. Real Madrid was added to the disciplinary process in June 2013.
Mediapro said that it was satisfied that the court had overturned the original decision by the regulator.