U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 3

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
        Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
            or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Marcus   James     S.
   (Last)  (First)  (Middle)

   c/o Insight Communications Company, Inc.
   126 East 56th Street
   (Street)

   New York, New York  10022
   (City)  (State)  (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
   July 26, 1999


3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)



4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Insight Communications Company, Inc.  ICCI


5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)

   /X/ Director                            / / 10% Owner
   / / Officer (give title below)          / / Other (specify below)

6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)



7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check applicable line)

   /X/ Form filed by One Reporting Person
   / / Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see instruction
  5(b)(v).



            Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

                                  2. Amount      3. Ownership
                                     of Secu-       Form:
                                     rities         Direct      4. Nature of
                                     Bene-          (D) or         Indirect
                                     ficially       Indirect       Beneficial
                                     Owned          (I)            Ownership
1. Title of Security                 (Instr. 4)     (Instr. 5)     (Instr. 5)
- --------------------------------  -------------  -------------  ----------------
                                                       







         Table II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

                                                2. Date Exercisable
                                                   and Expiration Date  3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative
                                                   (Month/Day/Year)        Security (Instr. 4)
                                                ----------------------  -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                Date                                                                     Amount or
1. Title of Derivative                          Exercis-    Expiration                      Title                        Number of
   Security (Instr. 4)                          able        Date                                                          Shares
- ----------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------------------------------------------  -----------
                                                                                                            
Class B Common Stock (1)                        Immediate     None       Class A Common Stock                             132,779





                                                               5. Ownership
                                                                  Form of
                                                                  Derivative
                                                4. Conver-        Security:
                                                   sion or        Direct      6. Nature of
                                                   Exercise       (D) or          Indirect
                                                   Price of       Indirect        Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative                             Derivative     (I)             Ownership
   Security (Instr. 4)                             Security       (Instr. 5)      (Instr. 5)
- ----------------------------------------------  -------------  -------------  --------------
                                                                     
                                                    None             D





Explanation of Responses:

(1) Each share of Class B common stock is convertible into one share of Class A
common stock upon the occurrence of certain events that are specified in the
Issuer's Restated Certificate of Incorporation


/s/ James S. Marcus                                 8/03/99
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    **Signature of Reporting Person                   Date

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
   Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).