UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): OCTOBER 12, 2005



                      INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


        DELAWARE                      0-26677                    13-4053502
(State of incorporation)       (Commission File No.)            (IRS Employer
                                                             Identification No.)

                                 810 7TH AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                  Registrant's telephone number: (917) 286-2300


     Check the  appropriate  box below if the Form 8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

     On  October  12,  2005,   Insight   Communications   Company,   Inc.   (the
"Registrant")  entered into a Second  Supplemental  Indenture (the "Supplemental
Indenture")  with The Bank of New  York,  as  Trustee  (the  "Trustee"),  to the
Indenture,  dated  as  of  February  6,  2001  (as  supplemented  by  the  First
Supplemental  Indenture dated as of January 14, 2004, the "Indenture"),  between
the Registrant and the Trustee,  providing for the issue of the  Registrant's 12
1/4% Senior Discount Notes Due 2011 (the "Notes").

     The Supplemental Indenture provides that, subject to payment of the Consent
Payment  (as  defined in the  Supplemental  Indenture)  on or before the Consent
Payment  Date  (as  defined  in  the  Supplemental  Indenture)  relating  to the
Registrant's  consent  solicitation  with respect to the Notes having expired on
October 12, 2005,  the  provisions  of Section 4.15 of the  Indenture are waived
with respect to the  execution  and delivery of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated July 28, 2005,  relating to the proposed merger (the "Proposed Merger") of
Insight  Acquisition Corp. with and into the Registrant and the other agreements
and  instruments   executed  and  delivered  in  connection  therewith  and  the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

     The Supplemental  Indenture further provides that in the event the Proposed
Merger is not  consummated on or prior to the  Termination  Date and the Consent
Payment is not made, the Waiver (as defined in the  Supplemental  Indenture) and
Section 2 of the Supplemental Indenture will have no further effect.





ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(a)  Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired - None

(b)  Pro Forma Financial Information - None

(c)  Exhibits:

    EXHIBIT NO.     DESCRIPTION

        4.1         Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2005,
                    between the Registrant and The Bank of New York




                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                        INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.



Dated: October 18, 2005                 By:  /s/ John Abbot
                                             -------------------------------
                                             JOHN ABBOT
                                             Senior Vice President
                                                and Chief Financial Officer