In Brief: Canal+Cyfrowy; BRE Bank; BIG BG; Casio Co Ltd
Canal+ Cyfrowy (C+C) has signed an agreement with the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) under which C+C will offer new subscription contracts and launch a call center and cheap information line. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) ... BRE Bank has sold all its shares in Centrostal Gdansk to SPV-EL, a company 100% owned by the bank. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... Yesterday the shareholders of BIG-BG changed the name of the bank to Bank Millenium. They also appointed former finance minister Marek Belka as a member of the bank's supervisory board. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... Japanese Casio Computer Co Ltd. has opened Europe's first Casio Concept Store in Warsaw. The shop is part of the Zibi chain, the country's biggest watch retail network. "Poland is one of the most important markets for us in Europe and is one of the big five in terms of sales and prospects for future development. It is also a leader in the Central European region and the benchmark for it," said managing director of Casio Europe, Jens Lehmann. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) A.Z.