infotainment

in·fo·tain·ment

I0135100 (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.

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]

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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infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or eventdocudrama, documentary, documentary filmmotion 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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