diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 28aae94f83..f3fe0d4320 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ For bug reports, this means that your report should contain the *complete* outpu
 
 If your server has multiple IPs or you suspect censorship, adding `--call-home` may be a good idea to get more diagnostics. If the error is `ERROR: Unable to extract ...` and you cannot reproduce it from multiple countries, add `--dump-pages` (warning: this will yield a rather large output, redirect it to the file `log.txt` by adding `>log.txt 2>&1` to your command-line) or upload the `.dump` files you get when you add `--write-pages` [somewhere](https://gist.github.com/).
 
-**Site support requests must contain an example URL**. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc . There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/ ) is *not* an example URL.
+**Site support requests must contain an example URL**. An example URL is a URL you might want to download, like `http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc`. There should be an obvious video present. Except under very special circumstances, the main page of a video service (e.g. `http://www.youtube.com/`) is *not* an example URL.
 
 ###  Are you using the latest version?
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Before reporting any issue, type `youtube-dl -U`. This should report that you're
 
 ###  Is the issue already documented?
 
-Make sure that someone has not already opened the issue you're trying to open. Search at the top of the window or at https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues . If there is an issue, feel free to write something along the lines of "This affects me as well, with version 2015.01.01. Here is some more information on the issue: ...". While some issues may be old, a new post into them often spurs rapid activity.
+Make sure that someone has not already opened the issue you're trying to open. Search at the top of the window or browse the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues) of this repository. If there is an issue, feel free to write something along the lines of "This affects me as well, with version 2015.01.01. Here is some more information on the issue: ...". While some issues may be old, a new post into them often spurs rapid activity.
 
 ###  Why are existing options not enough?
 
diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.md b/docs/supportedsites.md
index 4f19cb6f5f..3bb3abb253 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.md
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.md
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
  - **orf:tvthek**: ORF TVthek
  - **parliamentlive.tv**: UK parliament videos
  - **Patreon**
- - **pbs**: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and member stations: PBS: Public Broadcasting Service, APT - Alabama Public Television (WBIQ), GPB/Georgia Public Broadcasting (WGTV), Mississippi Public Broadcasting (WMPN), Nashville Public Television (WNPT), WFSU-TV (WFSU), WSRE (WSRE), WTCI (WTCI), WPBA/Channel 30 (WPBA), Alaska Public Media (KAKM), KUAC (KUAC), 360 North (KTOO), KUAT 6 (KUAT), Arizona PBS (KAET), KNME-TV/Channel 5 (KNME), Vegas PBS (KLVX), AETN/ARKANSAS ETV NETWORK (KETS), KET (WKLE), WKNO/Channel 10 (WKNO), LPB/LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING (WLPB), Mississippi Public Broadcasting (WMPN), OETA (KETA), Ozarks Public Television (KOZK), WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU), KEET TV (KEET), KIXE/Channel 9 (KIXE), KPBS San Diego (KPBS), KQED (KQED), KVIE Public Television (KVIE), PBS SoCal/KOCE (KOCE), ValleyPBS (KVPT), APT - Alabama Public Television (WBIQ), CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION (WEDH), Arizona PBS (KAET), KNPB Channel 5 (KNPB), SOPTV (KSYS), KLCS/Channel 58 (KLCS), KRCB Television & Radio (KRCB), KVCR TV/DT/FM :: Vision for the Future (KVCR), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), KENW-TV3 (KENW), KUED Channel 7 (KUED), KNME-TV/Channel 5 (KNME), Wyoming PBS (KCWC), Colorado Public Television / KBDI 12 (KBDI), KBYU-TV (KBYU), CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION (WEDH), Thirteen/WNET New York (WNET), WGBH/Channel 2 (WGBH), WGBY (WGBY), NJTV Public Media NJ (WNJT), Rhode Island PBS (WSBE), WLIW21 (WLIW), mpt/Maryland Public Television (WMPB), WETA Television and Radio (WETA), WHYY (WHYY), NJTV Public Media NJ (WNJT), PBS 39 (WLVT), WLIW21 (WLIW), WETA Television and Radio (WETA), mpt/Maryland Public Television (WMPB), WVPT - Your Source for PBS and More! (WVPT), Howard University Television (WHUT), WEDU PBS (WEDU), WFSU-TV (WFSU), WGCU Public Media (WGCU), WJCT Public Broadcasting (WJCT), WPBT2 (WPBT), WSRE (WSRE), WUCF TV (WUCF), WUFT/Channel 5 (WUFT), WXEL/Channel 42 (WXEL), APT - Alabama Public Television (WBIQ), GPB/Georgia Public Broadcasting (WGTV), WLRN/Channel 17 (WLRN), WUSF Public Broadcasting (WUSF), NJTV Public Media NJ (WNJT), GPB/Georgia Public Broadcasting (WGTV), APT - Alabama Public Television (WBIQ), ETV (WRLK), UNC-TV (WUNC), WFSU-TV (WFSU), WJCT Public Broadcasting (WJCT), WTCI (WTCI), WPBA/Channel 30 (WPBA), PBS Guam (KGTF), PBS Hawaii - Oceanic Cable Channel 10 (KHET), Idaho Public Television (KAID), KSPS (KSPS), KUED Channel 7 (KUED), OPB (KOPB), SOPTV (KSYS), Wyoming PBS (KCWC), Colorado Public Television / KBDI 12 (KBDI), KBYU-TV (KBYU), KWSU/Channel 10 & KTNW/Channel 31 (KWSU), WILL-TV (WILL), Network Knowledge - WSEC/Springfield (WSEC), WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU), WTTW11 (WTTW), WTVP & WTVP.org, Public Media for Central Illinois (WTVP), Iowa Public Television/IPTV (KDIN), KET (WKLE), Nine Network (KETC), PBS39 Fort Wayne (WFWA), WFYI Indianapolis (WFYI), Milwaukee Public Television (WMVS), WNIN (WNIN), WNIT Public Television (WNIT), WPT (WPNE), WVUT/Channel 22 (WVUT), WEIU/Channel 51 (WEIU), WQPT-TV (WQPT), WYCC PBS Chicago (WYCC), Lakeshore Public Television (WYIN), PBS39 Fort Wayne (WFWA), WFYI Indianapolis (WFYI), WIPB-TV (WIPB), WNIN (WNIN), WNIT Public Television (WNIT), WTIU (WTIU), WVUT/Channel 22 (WVUT), CET  (WCET), KET (WKLE), ThinkTVNetwork (WPTD), WBGU-TV (WBGU), WGVU TV (WGVU), WILL-TV (WILL), Network Knowledge - WSEC/Springfield (WSEC), WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU), WTTW11 (WTTW), Lakeshore Public Television (WYIN), WEIU/Channel 51 (WEIU), WYCC PBS Chicago (WYCC), Iowa Public Television/IPTV (KDIN), NET1 (KUON), Pioneer Public Television (KWCM), SDPB Television (KUSD), TPT (KTCA), Network Knowledge - WSEC/Springfield (WSEC), WPT (WPNE), KSMQ (KSMQ), WQPT-TV (WQPT), KPTS/Channel 8 (KPTS), KTWU/Channel 11 (KTWU), Smoky Hills Public Television (KOOD), KCPT Kansas City Public Television (KCPT), NET1 (KUON), OETA (KETA), Ozarks Public Television (KOZK), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), Colorado Public Television / KBDI 12 (KBDI), KET (WKLE), Blue Ridge PBS (WBRA), CET  (WCET), East Tennessee PBS (WSJK), Nashville Public Television (WNPT), ThinkTVNetwork (WPTD), WCTE-TV (WCTE), WLJT, Channel 11 (WLJT), WNIN (WNIN), WOSU TV (WOSU), WOUB/WOUC (WOUB), WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU), WVPB (WVPB), WKYU-PBS (WKYU), LPB/LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING (WLPB), WYES-TV/New Orleans (WYES), AETN/ARKANSAS ETV NETWORK (KETS), KERA 13 (KERA), Mississippi Public Broadcasting (WMPN), MPBN (WCBB), Mountain Lake PBS (WCFE), NHPTV (WENH), Vermont PBS (WETK), WGBH/Channel 2 (WGBH), mpt/Maryland Public Television (WMPB), Thirteen/WNET New York (WNET), WETA Television and Radio (WETA), WHYY (WHYY), witf (WITF), WQED Multimedia (WQED), WVPB (WVPB), WVPT - Your Source for PBS and More! (WVPT), Howard University Television (WHUT), WLIW21 (WLIW), WGBH/Channel 2 (WGBH), WGBY (WGBY), CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION (WEDH), NHPTV (WENH), Vermont PBS (WETK), WMHT Educational Telecommunications (WMHT), Rhode Island PBS (WSBE), Q-TV (WDCQ), WTVS Detroit Public TV (WTVS), CMU Public Television (WCMU), WGVU TV (WGVU), WKAR-TV (WKAR), WNMU-TV Public TV 13 (WNMU), WDSE - WRPT (WDSE), WBGU-TV (WBGU), WGTE TV (WGTE), WNIT Public Television (WNIT), WPT (WPNE), WTTW11 (WTTW), WYCC PBS Chicago (WYCC), Lakeland Public Television (KAWE), WDSE - WRPT (WDSE), Pioneer Public Television (KWCM), TPT (KTCA), Iowa Public Television/IPTV (KDIN), PRAIRIE PUBLIC (KFME), Nine Network (KETC), SDPB Television (KUSD), WPT (WPNE), KSMQ (KSMQ), Mississippi Public Broadcasting (WMPN), AETN/ARKANSAS ETV NETWORK (KETS), APT - Alabama Public Television (WBIQ), WKNO/Channel 10 (WKNO), LPB/LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING (WLPB), WSRE (WSRE), WYES-TV/New Orleans (WYES), KCPT Kansas City Public Television (KCPT), KMOS-TV - Channels 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 (KMOS), Nine Network (KETC), Ozarks Public Television (KOZK), AETN/ARKANSAS ETV NETWORK (KETS), WTVS Detroit Public TV (WTVS), Iowa Public Television/IPTV (KDIN), KET (WKLE), WKNO/Channel 10 (WKNO), KTWU/Channel 11 (KTWU), NET1 (KUON), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), Network Knowledge - WSEC/Springfield (WSEC), WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU), MontanaPBS (KUSM), Arizona PBS (KAET), Idaho Public Television (KAID), PRAIRIE PUBLIC (KFME), KSPS (KSPS), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), SDPB Television (KUSD), NET1 (KUON), Iowa Public Television/IPTV (KDIN), KTWU/Channel 11 (KTWU), Pioneer Public Television (KWCM), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), SDPB Television (KUSD), Wyoming PBS (KCWC), Colorado Public Television / KBDI 12 (KBDI), KNPB Channel 5 (KNPB), Vegas PBS (KLVX), Arizona PBS (KAET), KUED Channel 7 (KUED), PBS SoCal/KOCE (KOCE), KBYU-TV (KBYU), NHPTV (WENH), ETV (WRLK), Mountain Lake PBS (WCFE), MPBN (WCBB), Vermont PBS (WETK), WGBH/Channel 2 (WGBH), WGBY (WGBY), CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION (WEDH), Thirteen/WNET New York (WNET), WHYY (WHYY), NJTV Public Media NJ (WNJT), PBS 39 (WLVT), WLIW21 (WLIW), KENW-TV3 (KENW), KRWG/Channel 22 (KRWG), KNME-TV/Channel 5 (KNME), KUAT 6 (KUAT), KACV (KACV), KCOS/Channel 13 (KCOS), KUED Channel 7 (KUED), OETA (KETA), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), Colorado Public Television / KBDI 12 (KBDI), KBYU-TV (KBYU), Mountain Lake PBS (WCFE), Thirteen/WNET New York (WNET), WCNY/Channel 24 (WCNY), WMHT Educational Telecommunications (WMHT), WNED (WNED), WPBS (WPBS), WSKG Public TV (WSKG), WXXI (WXXI), CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION (WEDH), NHPTV (WENH), Vermont PBS (WETK), WGBH/Channel 2 (WGBH), WPSU (WPSU), WQLN/Channel 54 (WQLN), WVIA Public Media Studios (WVIA), WLIW21 (WLIW), NJTV Public Media NJ (WNJT), UNC-TV (WUNC), WTVI (WTVI), Blue Ridge PBS (WBRA), ETV (WRLK), GPB/Georgia Public Broadcasting (WGTV), WHRO (WHRO), WTCI (WTCI), WPBA/Channel 30 (WPBA), PRAIRIE PUBLIC (KFME), SDPB Television (KUSD), CET  (WCET), ThinkTVNetwork (WPTD), WBGU-TV (WBGU), WGTE TV (WGTE), Western Reserve PBS (WNEO), WOSU TV (WOSU), WOUB/WOUC (WOUB), WVIZ/PBS ideastream (WVIZ), WTVS Detroit Public TV (WTVS), KET (WKLE), PBS39 Fort Wayne (WFWA), WIPB-TV (WIPB), WQED Multimedia (WQED), WQLN/Channel 54 (WQLN), WVPB (WVPB), OETA (KETA), AETN/ARKANSAS ETV NETWORK (KETS), KACV (KACV), KERA 13 (KERA), LPB/LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING (WLPB), Ozarks Public Television (KOZK), OPB (KOPB), SOPTV (KSYS), Idaho Public Television (KAID), KCTS 9 (KCTS), KEET TV (KEET), KSPS (KSPS), KWSU/Channel 10 & KTNW/Channel 31 (KWSU), WHYY (WHYY), witf (WITF), WPSU (WPSU), WQED Multimedia (WQED), WQLN/Channel 54 (WQLN), WVIA Public Media Studios (WVIA), CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION (WEDH), mpt/Maryland Public Television (WMPB), Thirteen/WNET New York (WNET), WETA Television and Radio (WETA), WNED (WNED), Western Reserve PBS (WNEO), WSKG Public TV (WSKG), WVIZ/PBS ideastream (WVIZ), WVPB (WVPB), WVPT - Your Source for PBS and More! (WVPT), PBS 39 (WLVT), NJTV Public Media NJ (WNJT), Howard University Television (WHUT), WLIW21 (WLIW), CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION (WEDH), NHPTV (WENH), WGBH/Channel 2 (WGBH), Rhode Island PBS (WSBE), ETV (WRLK), GPB/Georgia Public Broadcasting (WGTV), UNC-TV (WUNC), WTVI (WTVI), WPBA/Channel 30 (WPBA), SDPB Television (KUSD), Iowa Public Television/IPTV (KDIN), PRAIRIE PUBLIC (KFME), NET1 (KUON), Pioneer Public Television (KWCM), East Tennessee PBS (WSJK), WKNO/Channel 10 (WKNO), Nashville Public Television (WNPT), WCTE-TV (WCTE), WLJT, Channel 11 (WLJT), WTCI (WTCI), APT - Alabama Public Television (WBIQ), Blue Ridge PBS (WBRA), GPB/Georgia Public Broadcasting (WGTV), Lakeland Public Television (KAWE), KET (WKLE), Mississippi Public Broadcasting (WMPN), UNC-TV (WUNC), Western Reserve PBS (WNEO), WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU), WVIZ/PBS ideastream (WVIZ), WKYU-PBS (WKYU), WPBA/Channel 30 (WPBA), Basin PBS (KPBT), KUHT / Channel 8 (KUHT), KACV (KACV), KAMU - TV (KAMU), KCOS/Channel 13 (KCOS), KEDT/Channel 16 (KEDT), KERA 13 (KERA), KLRN (KLRN), KLRU (KLRU), KMBH-TV (KMBH), KNCT (KNCT), KTTZ-TV (KTXT), AETN/ARKANSAS ETV NETWORK (KETS), KENW-TV3 (KENW), KRWG/Channel 22 (KRWG), LPB/LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING (WLPB), NET1 (KUON), KNME-TV/Channel 5 (KNME), Nashville Public Television (WNPT), OETA (KETA), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), KUED Channel 7 (KUED), Idaho Public Television (KAID), Vegas PBS (KLVX), KBYU-TV (KBYU), Vermont PBS (WETK), Mountain Lake PBS (WCFE), NHPTV (WENH), WGBH/Channel 2 (WGBH), WGBY (WGBY), WMHT Educational Telecommunications (WMHT), WTJX Channel 12 (WTJX), Blue Ridge PBS (WBRA), WCVE PBS (WCVE), WHRO (WHRO), WVPT - Your Source for PBS and More! (WVPT), East Tennessee PBS (WSJK), KET (WKLE), mpt/Maryland Public Television (WMPB), UNC-TV (WUNC), WETA Television and Radio (WETA), Howard University Television (WHUT), KCTS 9 (KCTS), KSPS (KSPS), Idaho Public Television (KAID), OPB (KOPB), KBTC Public Television (KBTC), KWSU/Channel 10 & KTNW/Channel 31 (KWSU), WVPB (WVPB), Blue Ridge PBS (WBRA), KET (WKLE), mpt/Maryland Public Television (WMPB), WETA Television and Radio (WETA), Western Reserve PBS (WNEO), WOSU TV (WOSU), WOUB/WOUC (WOUB), WQED Multimedia (WQED), WVPT - Your Source for PBS and More! (WVPT), Howard University Television (WHUT), Milwaukee Public Television (WMVS), WPT (WPNE), Iowa Public Television/IPTV (KDIN), Lakeland Public Television (KAWE), WDSE - WRPT (WDSE), TPT (KTCA), WNMU-TV Public TV 13 (WNMU), WTTW11 (WTTW), KSMQ (KSMQ), WYCC PBS Chicago (WYCC), Wyoming PBS (KCWC), Idaho Public Television (KAID), KUED Channel 7 (KUED), MontanaPBS (KUSM), NET1 (KUON), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), SDPB Television (KUSD), Colorado Public Television / KBDI 12 (KBDI), KBYU-TV (KBYU)
+ - **pbs**: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and member stations: PBS: Public Broadcasting Service, APT - Alabama Public Television (WBIQ), GPB/Georgia Public Broadcasting (WGTV), Mississippi Public Broadcasting (WMPN), Nashville Public Television (WNPT), WFSU-TV (WFSU), WSRE (WSRE), WTCI (WTCI), WPBA/Channel 30 (WPBA), Alaska Public Media (KAKM), Arizona PBS (KAET), KNME-TV/Channel 5 (KNME), Vegas PBS (KLVX), AETN/ARKANSAS ETV NETWORK (KETS), KET (WKLE), WKNO/Channel 10 (WKNO), LPB/LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING (WLPB), OETA (KETA), Ozarks Public Television (KOZK), WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU), KEET TV (KEET), KIXE/Channel 9 (KIXE), KPBS San Diego (KPBS), KQED (KQED), KVIE Public Television (KVIE), PBS SoCal/KOCE (KOCE), ValleyPBS (KVPT), CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION (WEDH), KNPB Channel 5 (KNPB), SOPTV (KSYS), Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA), KENW-TV3 (KENW), KUED Channel 7 (KUED), Wyoming PBS (KCWC), Colorado Public Television / KBDI 12 (KBDI), KBYU-TV (KBYU), Thirteen/WNET New York (WNET), WGBH/Channel 2 (WGBH), WGBY (WGBY), NJTV Public Media NJ (WNJT), WLIW21 (WLIW), mpt/Maryland Public Television (WMPB), WETA Television and Radio (WETA), WHYY (WHYY), PBS 39 (WLVT), WVPT - Your Source for PBS and More! (WVPT), Howard University Television (WHUT), WEDU PBS (WEDU), WGCU Public Media (WGCU), WPBT2 (WPBT), WUCF TV (WUCF), WUFT/Channel 5 (WUFT), WXEL/Channel 42 (WXEL), WLRN/Channel 17 (WLRN), WUSF Public Broadcasting (WUSF), ETV (WRLK), UNC-TV (WUNC), PBS Hawaii - Oceanic Cable Channel 10 (KHET), Idaho Public Television (KAID), KSPS (KSPS), OPB (KOPB), KWSU/Channel 10 & KTNW/Channel 31 (KWSU), WILL-TV (WILL), Network Knowledge - WSEC/Springfield (WSEC), WTTW11 (WTTW), Iowa Public Television/IPTV (KDIN), Nine Network (KETC), PBS39 Fort Wayne (WFWA), WFYI Indianapolis (WFYI), Milwaukee Public Television (WMVS), WNIN (WNIN), WNIT Public Television (WNIT), WPT (WPNE), WVUT/Channel 22 (WVUT), WEIU/Channel 51 (WEIU), WQPT-TV (WQPT), WYCC PBS Chicago (WYCC), WIPB-TV (WIPB), WTIU (WTIU), CET  (WCET), ThinkTVNetwork (WPTD), WBGU-TV (WBGU), WGVU TV (WGVU), NET1 (KUON), Pioneer Public Television (KWCM), SDPB Television (KUSD), TPT (KTCA), KSMQ (KSMQ), KPTS/Channel 8 (KPTS), KTWU/Channel 11 (KTWU), East Tennessee PBS (WSJK), WCTE-TV (WCTE), WLJT, Channel 11 (WLJT), WOSU TV (WOSU), WOUB/WOUC (WOUB), WVPB (WVPB), WKYU-PBS (WKYU), KERA 13 (KERA), MPBN (WCBB), Mountain Lake PBS (WCFE), NHPTV (WENH), Vermont PBS (WETK), witf (WITF), WQED Multimedia (WQED), WMHT Educational Telecommunications (WMHT), Q-TV (WDCQ), WTVS Detroit Public TV (WTVS), CMU Public Television (WCMU), WKAR-TV (WKAR), WNMU-TV Public TV 13 (WNMU), WDSE - WRPT (WDSE), WGTE TV (WGTE), Lakeland Public Television (KAWE), KMOS-TV - Channels 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 (KMOS), MontanaPBS (KUSM), KRWG/Channel 22 (KRWG), KACV (KACV), KCOS/Channel 13 (KCOS), WCNY/Channel 24 (WCNY), WNED (WNED), WPBS (WPBS), WSKG Public TV (WSKG), WXXI (WXXI), WPSU (WPSU), WVIA Public Media Studios (WVIA), WTVI (WTVI), Western Reserve PBS (WNEO), WVIZ/PBS ideastream (WVIZ), KCTS 9 (KCTS), Basin PBS (KPBT), KUHT / Channel 8 (KUHT), KLRN (KLRN), KLRU (KLRU), WTJX Channel 12 (WTJX), WCVE PBS (WCVE), KBTC Public Television (KBTC)
  - **Periscope**: Periscope
  - **PhilharmonieDeParis**: Philharmonie de Paris
  - **Phoenix**
diff --git a/youtube_dl/version.py b/youtube_dl/version.py
index 0f55710069..6cd748b48c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/version.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '2015.12.09'
+__version__ = '2015.12.10'