PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Dinni Jain,  Senior Vice  President & Chief  Financial  Officer
          (917) 286-2300

                            INSIGHT MIDWEST ANNOUNCES
                  PRICING OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DEBT OFFERING

     NEW YORK,  NY  (DECEMBER  13,  2002) - Insight  Midwest,  L.P.  and Insight
Capital,  Inc.  today  announced  an  agreement  to sell $176  million  original
principal  amount of 9 3/4% senior notes due 2009. The notes are being issued at
a discount  to their  principal  amount at  maturity  of $185  million.  The net
proceeds of the offering,  which is expected to close on December 17, 2002, will
be used to repay a portion of the outstanding  debt under a subsidiary's  credit
facility.

     The offering is a private  placement  under Rule 144A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and is being made only to qualified  institutional buyers and to certain
persons in offshore  transactions  in reliance on Regulation  S. The  securities
have not be registered  under the  Securities Act and may not be offered or sold
in the United States absent  registration  or an applicable  exemption  from the
registration  requirements.  This press release does not  constitute an offer to
sell  or the  solicitation  of an  offer  to buy  any  security  and  shall  not
constitute an offer,  solicitation or sale of any securities in any jurisdiction
in which such offering sold would be unlawful.

     Insight Midwest is a subsidiary of Insight Communications  (NASDAQ:  ICCI),
the 8th largest cable operator in the United States,  serving  approximately 1.4
million  customers.  The company is highly  concentrated  in the four contiguous
states of Illinois,  Kentucky,  Indiana and Ohio.  Named "2001 Cable Operator of
the Year" by Cablevision  Magazine,  Insight  specializes  in offering  bundled,
state-of-the-art  services  in  mid-sized  communities,  delivering  analog  and
digital video,  high-speed data and the recent  deployment of voice telephony in
selected markets to its customers.


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Any  statements  in this  press  release  that  are  not  historical  facts  are
forward-looking  statements  within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words "estimate,"  "expect,"  "anticipate"
and  other   expressions   that  indicate  future  events  and  trends  identify
forward-looking  statements.  The above forward-looking estimates are subject to
risks and  uncertainties  and are  subject  to change  based  upon a variety  of
factors that could cause actual results to differ  materially from those Insight
Communications  anticipates.  Factors  that could have a  material  and  adverse
impact on actual results are described in Insight  Communications' annual report
on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 2001 and quarterly  report on Form
10-Q  for  the  nine  months  ended  September  30,  2002.  All  forward-looking
statements in this press  release are  qualified by reference to the  cautionary
statements included in Insight Communications' Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.