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| Programming | |
|---|---|
| Picture format | 16:9576iSDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CSC Media Group (2010–2014) Sony Pictures Television (2014–2018) TRACE Group (2018–present) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 25 March 2010 |
| Replaced | Flaunt |
| Closed | 1 June 2020 |
| Former names | Dance Nation(2010–2013) Chart Show Dance(2013–2016) Chart Show Hits(2016–2019) |
Trace Latina is a music channel specialising mostly in urbanLatin music. It broadcasts in the United Kingdom[1] via the Channelbox streaming platform on Freeview UK channel 271 and still in France.
On 17 March 2010, Dance Nation TV replacedFlaunt, specialising indance music,chart remixes andmashups of popular songs. On 3 January 2013, Dance Nation TV was replaced with and rebranded as Chart Show Dance, after the last video shown in Dance Nation branding wasAmelia Lily -Shut Up (Wideboys Remix).[2]
Chart Show Dance was launched onFreesat on 15 July 2013, replacing Scuzz on the platform.[3]
The first video shown following its rebrand as Chart Show Dance was 'Drinking From The Bottle' byCalvin Harris &Tinie Tempah.
From 20 November to 31 December 2014, Chart Show Dance was temporarily renamed toDance Xmas forChristmas likeBlissmas. It did the same from 1 to 31 December 2015, but this time asDancember. On 1 July 2016, it rebranded again, but this time asChart Show Summer.
On 22 September 2016, the channel was rebranded asChart Show Hits. It, along with Chart Show TV, received a new logo on 1 May 2018. From 5 June until 4 September 2018, the channel was temporarily renamed asSummer Hits. From 1 November until 28 December 2018, it received a temporary rename toChristmas Hits, taking over from defunct sister channel Bliss. From 1 April until 7 June 2019, it was temporarily renamed again, this time asGlobal Hits.
On 1 November 2019, the channel was rebranded asTrace Latina following TRACE's takeover of Sony's music channels. Trace Latina launched in France and on internet in 2018. The last song to be played before the rebrand was "Atrévete" by Nicky Jam featuringSech but was cut halfway through the song similarly to the sister channels' changes.
The channel ceased operations and stopped broadcasting on 1 June 2020, with its content moving to a block onTrace Urban from 11am to 3pm. The final music video played was "Vete Pa La" byLele Pons, but the channel pulled the plug near the end of the video, similar to former sister channelsFlava andScuzz's closures.
The Britishfree-to-air music channel, which was ownedCSC Media Group andSony Pictures Television before being sold toTPG Capital (with the parent company being known as TRACE Group), returned to British TV screens in July 2022 on Freeview channel 271[4] as part of Channelbox's music channel line-up alongside Trace Urban and Trace Brazuca. Trace Latina also continues to exist in France, with its French version broadcast on Canal+ France, as well on the internet platform TracePlay.
Dance Nation will be rebranded to Chart Show Dance on 3rd January 2013.