Total Tv, a Wisconsin Corporation, Dba Total Tv v. Palmer Communications, Inc. And Colony Communications, Inc.

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, cable television operators Colony Communications, Inc. (“Colony”) and Palmer Communications, Inc. (“Palmer”), in-terlocutorily appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss on federal preemption grounds competitor Total TV’s diversity action. We granted permission to appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), and we affirm. 1

I. Background

Colony is a franchised cable operator that provides cable television services in California and other parts of the United States. Before it was purchased by Colony, Palmer was also a franchised cable operator in…