diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 0902eb4374..2b9d4455d0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .abc import ABCIE
+from .abc7news import Abc7NewsIE
 from .academicearth import AcademicEarthCourseIE
 from .addanime import AddAnimeIE
 from .adobetv import AdobeTVIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/abc7news.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/abc7news.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c04949c215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/abc7news.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import parse_iso8601
+
+
+class Abc7NewsIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://abc7news\.com(?:/[^/]+/(?P<display_id>[^/]+))?/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://abc7news.com/entertainment/east-bay-museum-celebrates-vintage-synthesizers/472581/',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '472581',
+                'display_id': 'east-bay-museum-celebrates-vintage-synthesizers',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'East Bay museum celebrates history of synthesized music',
+                'description': 'md5:a4f10fb2f2a02565c1749d4adbab4b10',
+                'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+                'timestamp': 1421123075,
+                'upload_date': '20150113',
+                'uploader': 'Jonathan Bloom',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                # m3u8 download
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://abc7news.com/472581',
+            'only_matching': True,
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        display_id = mobj.group('display_id') or video_id
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+
+        m3u8 = self._html_search_meta(
+            'contentURL', webpage, 'm3u8 url', fatal=True)
+
+        formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(m3u8, display_id, 'mp4')
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage).strip()
+        description = self._og_search_description(webpage).strip()
+        thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
+        timestamp = parse_iso8601(self._search_regex(
+            r'<div class="meta">\s*<time class="timeago" datetime="([^"]+)">',
+            webpage, 'upload date', fatal=False))
+        uploader = self._search_regex(
+            r'rel="author">([^<]+)</a>',
+            webpage, 'uploader', default=None)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'display_id': display_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+            'uploader': uploader,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }