diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/abc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/abc.py
index dc0fb85d60..06acf50d82 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/abc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/abc.py
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
-import json
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    js_to_json,
+)
 
 
 class ABCIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'abc.net.au'
     _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.abc\.net\.au/news/[^/]+/[^/]+/(?P<id>\d+)'
 
-    _TEST = {
+    _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-05/australia-to-staff-ebola-treatment-centre-in-sierra-leone/5868334',
         'md5': 'cb3dd03b18455a661071ee1e28344d9f',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -19,16 +22,41 @@ class ABCIE(InfoExtractor):
             'title': 'Australia to help staff Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone',
             'description': 'md5:809ad29c67a05f54eb41f2a105693a67',
         },
-    }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-17/warren-entsch-introduces-same-sex-marriage-bill/6702326',
+        'md5': 'db2a5369238b51f9811ad815b69dc086',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'NvqvPeNZsHU',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'upload_date': '20150816',
+            'uploader': 'ABC News (Australia)',
+            'description': 'Government backbencher Warren Entsch introduces a cross-party sponsored bill to legalise same-sex marriage, saying the bill is designed to promote "an inclusive Australia, not a divided one.". Read more here: http://ab.co/1Mwc6ef',
+            'uploader_id': 'NewsOnABC',
+            'title': 'Marriage Equality: Warren Entsch introduces same sex marriage bill',
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['Youtube'],
+    }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
-        urls_info_json = self._search_regex(
-            r'inlineVideoData\.push\((.*?)\);', webpage, 'video urls',
-            flags=re.DOTALL)
-        urls_info = json.loads(urls_info_json.replace('\'', '"'))
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r'inline(?P<type>Video|YouTube)Data\.push\((?P<json_data>[^)]+)\);',
+            webpage)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract video urls')
+
+        urls_info = self._parse_json(
+            mobj.group('json_data'), video_id, transform_source=js_to_json)
+
+        if not isinstance(urls_info, list):
+            urls_info = [urls_info]
+
+        if mobj.group('type') == 'YouTube':
+            return self.playlist_result([
+                self.url_result(url_info['url']) for url_info in urls_info])
+
         formats = [{
             'url': url_info['url'],
             'width': int(url_info['width']),