Exhibit 99.1

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CONTACT:  JOHN  ABBOT | CHIEF  FINANCIAL  OFFICER  |  INSIGHT  COMMUNICATIONS  |
917.286.2300
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INSIGHT ANNOUNCES CONSENT SOLICITATIONS

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 - Insight  Communications  Company,  Inc. (NASDAQ:
ICCI) today announced the  commencement of a 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.  Concurrently  with the  solicitation,  Insight
Midwest,  L.P. and Insight  Capital,  Inc.,  50% owned  subsidiaries  of Insight
Communications,  are soliciting consents 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.

Insight  Communications will pay consenting holders 0.125% of the accreted value
of their 12 1/4 notes as of the consent payment date and 0.125% of the principal
amount of their Insight Midwest notes as of the consent payment date, subject to
the terms and conditions of the solicitations,  which conditions include receipt
of majority  noteholder  consent  and  consummation  of the merger with  Insight
Acquisition  Corp. The solicitations of consents will expire at 5 p.m., New York
City time,  on October  12,  2005,  unless  extended  in  accordance  with their
respective terms.

J.P.  Morgan  Securities  Inc.  and Banc of  America  Securities  LLC have  been
retained as 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.  The
solicitations  will be made solely pursuant to consent  solicitation  statements
and related letters of consent.

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.