Summary Box: Federal court upholds FCC rules for programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed

Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules

THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.

THE RULING: An appeals court sided with the Federal Communications Commission and left the rules intact.

WINNERS AND LOSERS: The decision was a setback for cable TV providers Cablevision Systems Corp. and Comcast Corp., while satellite TV provider DirecTV Inc. called it “a win for consumers.”