Pink 15

{{Short description|Former Macedonian private television channel}} {{Infobox broadcasting network |network_name = Pink 15 |network_logo = |country = [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] |network_type = Television |available = Macedonia |owner = [[Pink International Company]] |key_people = Željko Mitrović (Owner) |launch_date = {{Start date|2010|10|22|df=yes}} |closure_date = {{End date|2012|5|11|df=yes}} |founder = |slogan = |motto = |past_names = K-15 |website = }} '''Pink 15''' ({{langx|mk|Телевизија Пинк 15}}) was a [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] [[Privately held company|private]] [[television channel]] owned by [[Željko Mitrović]].

After buying Macedonian television channel K-15, Mitrović's Pink International Company re-branded it as Pink 15.<ref>[http://kajgana.com/biznis/tv-pink-ja-kupi-k-15 ТВ Пинк ја купи К-15] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084714/http://kajgana.com/biznis/tv-pink-ja-kupi-k-15 |date=2014-08-19 }};Kajgana, 16 November 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/217608/Od-petka-krece-Pink-15-u-Makedoniji Od petka kreće “Pink 15” u Makedoniji];''Blic'', 15 November 2010</ref> Revealing its schedule will consist of 60% [[Macedonian language]] programming, Mitrović also announced plans of investing [[€]]5-8 million into the operation over the next eighteen months.<ref>[http://www.story.rs/koktel/tv/12022-pink-15-ruzicasti-program-i-u-makedoniji.html Pink 15: Ružičasti program i u Makedoniji];''Story'', 16 November 2010</ref>

Barely a year and a half into its operation the channel ran into financial problems. After not meeting its broadcasting license payments, Pink 15 had its license revoked by the Macedonian Broadcasting Agency.<ref>[http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2012&mm=05&dd=16&nav_category=167&nav_id=610327 Makedonija: Pink 15 bez dozvole];B92, 16 May 2012</ref> The channel was dissolved on 11 May 2012.

==References== {{reflist}} {{Macedonian media |state=expanded}}

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