infomercial — in‧fo‧mer‧cial [ˈɪnfəʊmɜːʆl ǁ foʊmɜːr ] noun [countable] MARKETING a television or radio advertisement made to look and sound like a real programme, often a financial news report or an advice show * * * infomercial UK US // noun [C] MARKETING,… … Financial and business terms
infomercial — 1983, from INFO (Cf. info ) + COMMERCIAL (Cf. commercial). Before infomercial was the print form, advertorial (1961) … Etymology dictionary
infomercial — [n] full length television program existing solely to market a product advertorial, commercial, demonstration, docutainment, infotainment, paid announcement; concept 277 … New thesaurus
infomercial — [in΄fō mʉr′shəl] n. [ INFO(RMATION) + (COM)MERCIAL; or < earlier informercial, formed similarly] a long TV commercial, often made to resemble a talk show, educational demonstration, interview, etc … English World dictionary
Infomercial — Infomercials (or informercials) are television commercials that run for one minute or for as long as a typical television program. Infomercials are also known as paid programming (or teleshopping in Europe). Originally, they were typically shown… … Wikipedia
Infomercial — Los infomerciales, también conocidos como teletiendas o programación pagada, son comerciales televisivos que pueden tener una duración igual a la de un típico programa de televisión de media hora. Se emiten normalmente fuera de las horas pico,… … Wikipedia Español
infomercial — UK [ˌɪnfəʊˈmɜː(r)ʃ(ə)l] / US [ˌɪnfoʊˈmɜrʃ(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms infomercial : singular infomercial plural infomercials a long advertisement on television that is made in the style of an ordinary programme … English dictionary
Infomercial — Ein Infomercial (zusammengesetzt aus Information und Commercial) ist ein längerer Werbespot in Form einer unterhaltenden Fernsehsendung. Er bildet als Form des Teleshoppings eine gängige Art der Bewerbung für verschiedene Produkte, meist Küchen … Deutsch Wikipedia
infomercial — /in feuh merr sheuhl, foh /, n. Radio and Television. a long commercial that informs or instructs, esp. in an original and entertaining manner: an infomercial on making Christmas decorations using the sponsor s brand of glue. Also, informercial.… … Universalium
infomercial — [[t]ɪ̱nfoʊmɜ͟ː(r)ʃ(ə)l[/t]] infomercials N COUNT An infomercial is a television programme in which a famous person gives information about a company s products or services, or a politician gives his or her opinions. The word is formed from… … English dictionary
