Exhibit 99.1


PRESS RELEASE                                                  [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

CONTACT: JOHN ABBOT|CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER|INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS|917-286-2300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INSIGHT ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF CONSENT SOLICITATIONS


NEW YORK - OCTOBER  13, 2005 - Insight  Communications  Company,  Inc.  (NASDAQ:
ICCI)  today   announced  that  it  has   successfully   completed  its  consent
solicitation  of holders of its  outstanding  12 1/4% senior  discount notes due
2011 for a proposed  waiver of an  indenture  provision  relating  to its merger
agreement  with  Insight  Acquisition  Corp.  and  related   transactions.   The
concurrent consent  solicitations by Insight Midwest,  L.P. and Insight Capital,
Inc., 50% owned  subsidiaries of Insight  Communications,  in respect of their 9
3/4% senior  notes due 2009 and 10 1/2% senior  notes due 2010,  with respect to
the waiver of a  substantially  similar  provision in each  indenture  governing
those notes, also have been successfully completed.

The  solicitations  of consents  commenced on September  28, 2005 and expired at
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 12, 2005.

A majority of the aggregate  principal  amount of each series of notes consented
to the proposed  waivers.  Insight  Communications  will pay consenting  holders
0.125% of the accreted value of their 12 1/4% notes on the consent  payment date
and 0.125% of the principal amount of their Insight Midwest notes on the consent
payment date,  subject to the terms and conditions of the  solicitations,  which
conditions include consummation of the merger with Insight Acquisition Corp.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Banc of America  Securities LLC were the consent
solicitation agents.

This  press  release  is not a  solicitation  of a proxy,  an offer to  purchase
securities of Insight  Communications or its subsidiaries,  or a solicitation of
an offer to sell securities of Insight Communications or its subsidiaries.

Insight  Communications,  through a 50/50  partnership with Comcast,  is the 9th
largest cable operator in the United States, managing approximately 1.26 million
basic  customers  (of whom  half are  attributable  to  Insight  Communications'
equity) in the four contiguous states of Illinois,  Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.
Insight  Communications offers bundled,  state-of-the-art  services in mid-sized
communities,  delivering analog and digital video,  high-speed  Internet and, in
selected markets, voice telephony to its customers.

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Statements in this release  represent the parties'  current  intentions,  plans,
expectations  and beliefs and involve risks and  uncertainties  that could cause
actual events to differ  materially  from the events  described in this release,
including risks or  uncertainties  related to securing the requisite  noteholder
consents and satisfaction of the other conditions to the consent  solicitations.
The reader is cautioned that these factors,  as well as other factors  described
or to be described in SEC filings  with  respect to the  transactions  described
herein,  are among the  factors  that could  cause  actual  events or results to
differ materially from the current expectations described herein.