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Insight, Diva Deliver Advanced Video-On-Demand Service To New Markets

NEW YORK, NY and REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – November 28, 2001 –

DIVA™, the video-on-demand (VOD) solutions leader for the cable TV industry, and Insight Communications (NASDAQ: ICCI), the 9th largest cable operator in the United States, today announced that video-on-demand service has been launched in several additional systems in Indiana and Kentucky. In total, nearly 720,000 homes in the Kentucky cities of Covington, Lexington, and Louisville, as well as approximately 420,000 homes in the Indiana cities of Bloomington, Anderson, Lafayette and Kokomo, will ultimately receive access to VOD through DIVA’s solutions when these in-progress deployments are complete.

Insight customers in these systems will now be able to enjoy complete control over their viewing experience through VCR-like capabilities and access to new releases and library films. Customers can easily order a variety of digital content and then use their remote controls to fast-forward, rewind or pause the program. Insight is deploying the new VOD service on the Motorola DCT 2000 set-top boxes.

DIVA and Insight continue to have the industry's only MSO-wide VOD deployment agreement. Through Insight’s interactive platform, approximately 150,000 Insight Digital customers currently have access to VOD. DIVA dominates the commercially deployed VOD market, with more than 60 percent of commercially deployed VOD markets running on DIVA's solutions.

Insight and DIVA plan to launch the service next in Champaign-Urbana, IL in early December, a service area passing nearly 100,000 homes.

“DIVA is our VOD provider of choice because they offer the most robust, easy-to-use VOD software and hardware technology on the market today,” said Kim D. Kelly, Insight’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating & Financial Officer. “Insight is dedicated to leading the industry in delivering the benefits of VOD to our customers, so it is essential for us to have a partner that is reliable and able to move quickly. DIVA allows us to offer our customers the best VOD experience, which is a critical component in our priority of deploying advanced interactive services. In addition, DIVA's advanced technology enabled a fast return on our investment of digital upgrades, and our revenue generated by VOD continues to contribute to the ongoing success of the product.”

“We are proud to work with Insight as their chosen VOD partner to drive their aggressive rollout of VOD,” said Henk Hanselaar, President and CEO of DIVA. “There is a revolution happening in the way we enjoy home entertainment – one that delivers complete choice and control into the hands of consumers – and we are excited to continue working with Insight to offer video-on-demand in homes across the country.”

DIVA and Insight are among the companies leading the trend to deliver more control of home entertainment to consumers through VOD solutions provided via cable TV. According to a report from Forrester Research, the on-demand TV industry will account for 40 percent of cable viewers’ TV time by 2006, generating $7.8 billion in additional revenues for cable operators.

About Insight
Insight Communications (NASDAQ: ICCI) is the 9th largest cable operator in the United States, serving approximately 1.4 million subscribers. The company is highly concentrated in the four contiguous states of Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. 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.

About DIVA
DIVA (www.divatv.com) is the nation's leading video-on-demand (VOD) solutions provider to the cable television industry. DIVA's services and interoperable technology allow cable operators to deliver a complete VOD solution, including software and server platforms, billing and support services, and content management and distribution. DIVA’s advanced video-on-demand solutions provide consumers with complete control over their viewing experience and, with VCR-like capabilities, they can watch new releases, library films and basic and premium cable programming, as well as children's programming. DIVA's systems are either deployed (or scheduled for deployment) in 26 markets by large-scale operators such as AT&T Broadband, Charter Communications and Insight Communications, which together reach 44 percent of all U.S. digital cable subscribers. Founded in June 1995, DIVA is a privately held company and is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. DIVA’s strategic investors include Charter Communications, NTL, OpenTV, Starz Encore, Liberate and Motorola. DIVA is a registered trademark of DIVA Systems Corporation. More information can be found at www.divatv.com.



This press release contains forward-looking statements pertaining to DIVA, including, but not limited to, the ability of DIVA to provide large-scale deployment of its video-on-demand products and services to Insight Communications' customers effectively and in a timely manner. Actual results may vary from anticipated results and such differences may be material based on a number of factors, including the commercial viability and scalability of DIVA's video-on-demand products, the extent of Insight Communications' deployment of these products, and consumers’ acceptance thereof.



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Kim Messina
Assistant VP, Communications
Insight Communications
(917) 286-2300


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Georgeann Ikuma
Sr. Manager, Media and Public Relations
DIVA
(650) 779-3086
georgeann.ikuma@divatv.com

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Julie Applebaum
Director, Corporate Communications
DIVA
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