diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tele5.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tele5.py
index cfa8d24750..25573e49ff 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tele5.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tele5.py
@@ -1,38 +1,43 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .nexx import NexxIE
+from ..compat import compat_urlparse
 
 
 class Tele5IE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https://www\.tele5\.de/(?:mediathek/filme-online/videos\?vid=|tv/)(?P<display_id>[\w-]+)'
-
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?tele5\.de/(?:mediathek|tv)/(?P<id>[^?#&]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'https://www.tele5.de/mediathek/filme-online/videos?vid=1550589',
+        'url': 'https://www.tele5.de/mediathek/filme-online/videos?vid=1549416',
         'info_dict': {
-            'id': '1550589',
+            'id': '1549416',
             'ext': 'mp4',
-            'upload_date': '20180822',
-            'timestamp': 1534927316,
-            'title': 'SchleFaZ: Atomic Shark',
-        }
+            'upload_date': '20180814',
+            'timestamp': 1534290623,
+            'title': 'Pandorum',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.tele5.de/tv/kalkofes-mattscheibe/video-clips/politik-und-gesellschaft?ve_id=1551191',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }, {
         'url': 'https://www.tele5.de/tv/dark-matter/videos',
         'only_matching': True,
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        display_id = mobj.group('display_id')
-
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
-
-        video_id = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'id\s*=\s*["\']video-player["\']\s*data-id\s*=\s*["\']([0-9]+)["\']',
-            webpage, 'video_id')
+        qs = compat_urlparse.parse_qs(compat_urlparse.urlparse(url).query)
+        video_id = (qs.get('vid') or qs.get('ve_id') or [None])[0]
+
+        if not video_id:
+            display_id = self._match_id(url)
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+            video_id = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'id\s*=\s*["\']video-player["\'][^>]+data-id\s*=\s*["\'](\d+)',
+                webpage, 'video id')
 
         return self.url_result(
             'https://api.nexx.cloud/v3/759/videos/byid/%s' % video_id,