French broadcaster Canal+ has become the second-biggest shareholder in MultiChoice after almost doubling the stake that it bought in Africa’s biggest satellite-TV group just three weeks ago.

The pay-TV subsidiary of media conglomerate Vivendi increased its stake to 12%, from 6.5%, MultiChoice said in a statement on Thursday...

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