in·fo·tain·ment ( n f -t n mnt)n. A television program with a mixture of news and entertainment features, such as interviews, commentaries, and reviews. Also called docutainment. in fo·tain v. |
infotainment [ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt]
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(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) (in television) the practice of presenting serious or instructive subjects in a style designed primarily to be entertaining
[from info + (enter)tainment]
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| Noun | 1. |  infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or eventmotion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
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