infotainment

in·fo·tain·ment

 (ĭn′fə-tān′mənt)

n.

Media programming featuring celebrities and presented using journalistic techniques such as interviews, commentaries, and reviews.

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[info(rmation) + (enter)tainment.]

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in′fo·tain′ v.

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infotainment

(ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt)

n

(Telecommunications) (in television) the practice of presenting serious or instructive subjects in a style designed primarily to be entertaining

[C20: from info + (enter)tainment]

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in•fo•tain•ment

(ˌɪn foʊˈteɪn mənt)

n.

broadcasting or publishing that strives to treat factual matter in an entertaining way, often by dramatically reenacting or fictionalizing real events.

[1980–85]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event docudrama, documentary, documentary film motion 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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Translations

Infotainment

szórakoztató és ismeretterjesztõ mûsor

infotainment

[ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt] N (Brit) (TV) infotainment programme → magazine m informativo

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infotainment

[ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt] n → infodivertissement m

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infotainment

n (Brit TV) → Infotainment nt

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