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ESPN and Insight Communications Reach Interactive Television Agreement

NCTA Show, New Orleans, La. – May 07, 2002 –

Insight Communications (Nasdaq: ICCI) and ESPN, The Worldwide Leader in Sports, will launch ESPN Today, an interactive virtual sports channel on Insight's interactive television service known as "Local Source," it was announced today by Insight's President and CEO Michael Willner, and ESPN President George Bodenheimer.

Insight offers interactive local and national content developed specifically for Insight communities. Now, viewers will be able to access ESPN's compelling sports content including scores, news, statistics, commentary and analysis from ESPN's award-winning news and information resources directly from Insight's LocalSource service.

"LocalSource is very popular among our customers who find it easy to access localized, hometown information as well as to navigate their favorite TV programming," said Mr. Willner. "Now, our customers will have access to information from the leader in sports, and we are very pleased to add the quality interactive television offering ESPN provides to our customers through this application."

"We applaud Insight for its leadership in bringing interactive television to consumers with LocalSource," said Mr. Bodenheimer. "LocalSource is a great service for sports fans to access national and local sports information on-demand through their remote control. We are delighted Insight will add our interactive television offering to this service."

"Insight is pleased to bring ESPN-branded content to our interactive platform," said Kim Kelly, Insight's Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. "We selected ESPN for the compelling sports content that our customers recognize and we think this is a great addition to our full range of interactive services."

"ESPN continues to seek new ways to create value for our affiliates, and this is an exciting way in which Insight customers can access sports content through the on-demand platform Insight offers its customers," said Sean Bratches, ESPN Executive Vice President, Affiliate Sales and Marketing. "Sports fans demand the sports they want, when they want them, and now they'll have that opportunity with LocalSource."

Insight Communications (NASDAQ: ICCI) is the 9th 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.

Based in Bristol, Ct., ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader In Sports, is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc., which is an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The Hearst Corporation holds a 20 percent interest in ESPN. ESPN, Inc. includes six domestic television networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPN Now and ESPN Today), ESPN International (24 international networks and syndication), ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Regional Television, SportsTicker, and ESPN Enterprises, overseeing brand extensions such as the ESPN Zones, interactive sports-themed dining and entertainment experiences.



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