diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
index 5dbd71e126..40c3959fda 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
+import base64
 import json
+import re
+import struct
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .adobepass import AdobePassIE
@@ -310,6 +312,10 @@ class BrightcoveLegacyIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'Cannot find playerKey= variable. Did you forget quotes in a shell invocation?',
                 expected=True)
 
+    def _brightcove_new_url_result(self, publisher_id, video_id):
+        brightcove_new_url = 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/default_default/index.html?videoId=%s' % (publisher_id, video_id)
+        return self.url_result(brightcove_new_url, BrightcoveNewIE.ie_key(), video_id)
+
     def _get_video_info(self, video_id, query, referer=None):
         headers = {}
         linkBase = query.get('linkBaseURL')
@@ -323,6 +329,29 @@ class BrightcoveLegacyIE(InfoExtractor):
             r"<h1>We're sorry.</h1>([\s\n]*<p>.*?</p>)+", webpage,
             'error message', default=None)
         if error_msg is not None:
+            publisher_id = query.get('publisherId')
+            if publisher_id and publisher_id[0].isdigit():
+                publisher_id = publisher_id[0]
+            if not publisher_id:
+                valid_key = lambda key: key and ',' in key
+                player_key = query.get('playerKey')
+                if player_key and ',' in player_key[0]:
+                    player_key = player_key[0]
+                else:
+                    player_id = query.get('playerID')
+                    if player_id and player_id[0].isdigit():
+                        player_page = self._download_webpage(
+                            'http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid' + player_id[0],
+                            video_id, headers=headers, fatal=False)
+                        if player_page:
+                            player_key = self._search_regex(
+                                r'<param\s+name="playerKey"\s+value="([\w~,-]+)"',
+                                player_page, 'player key', fatal=False)
+                if player_key:
+                    enc_pub_id = player_key.split(',')[1].replace('~', '=')
+                    publisher_id = struct.unpack('>Q', base64.urlsafe_b64decode(enc_pub_id))[0]
+                if publisher_id:
+                    return self._brightcove_new_url_result(publisher_id, video_id)
             raise ExtractorError(
                 'brightcove said: %s' % error_msg, expected=True)
 
@@ -356,9 +385,7 @@ class BrightcoveLegacyIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _extract_video_info(self, video_info):
         video_id = compat_str(video_info['id'])
-
         publisher_id = video_info.get('publisherId')
-
         info = {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': video_info['displayName'].strip(),
@@ -449,11 +476,7 @@ class BrightcoveLegacyIE(InfoExtractor):
         if not info.get('url') and not info.get('formats'):
             uploader_id = info.get('uploader_id')
             if uploader_id:
-                info.update({
-                    '_type': 'url',
-                    'url': 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/default_default/index.html?videoId=%s' % (uploader_id, video_id),
-                    'ie_key': BrightcoveNewIE.ie_key(),
-                })
+                info.update(self._brightcove_new_url_result(uploader_id, video_id))
             else:
                 raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract video url for %s' % video_id)
         return info