Exhibit 99.1

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Contact: Sandra Colony | SVP, Corporate  Communications | Insight Communications
| 917-286-2300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS' BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORMS SPECIAL COMMITTEE

NEW YORK - MARCH 8,  2005 -  Insight  Communications'  (NASDAQ:  ICCI)  Board of
Directors has appointed a special  committee of independent  directors to review
the proposal received from Insight  co-founders  Sidney R. Knafel and Michael S.
Willner,  together with certain related and other parties, and The Carlyle Group
to acquire all of the outstanding  publicly-held Class A common stock of Insight
Communications.  The  members  of the  special  committee  are  David C. Lee and
Geraldine B. Laybourne.

Insight  Communications  expects  this  process to have no impact on  day-to-day
business operations. Insight does not intend to comment further at this time.

Interested  parties  are urged to read  relevant  documents  as filed by Insight
Communications  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission when such documents
become available because they will contain important information. Free copies of
relevant  documents as filed by Insight  Communications  (when and if available)
and other documents filed on the SEC's web site may be obtained at www.sec.gov.

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