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infotainment

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in·fo·tain·ment  (nf-tnmnt)
n.
A television program with a mixture of news and entertainment features, such as interviews, commentaries, and reviews. Also called docutainment.
[info(rmation) + (enter)tainment.]
info·tain v.
infotainment [ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt]
n
(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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Noun1.infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or eventinfotainment - 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"
Translations
infotainment [ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt] N (Brit) (TV) infotainment programme → magazine m informativo
infotainment [ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt] n → infodivertissement m
infotainment
n (Brit TV) → Infotainment nt
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