+            'uploader': 'CBCC-NEW',
+        },
+        'skip': 'Geo-restricted to Canada',
+    }, {
+        # Redirected from http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/All%20in%20a%20Weekend%20Montreal/ID/2657632011/
+        'url': 'http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2657631896',
+        'md5': 'e5e708c34ae6fca156aafe17c43e8b75',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2657631896',
+            'ext': 'mp3',
+            'title': 'CBC Montreal is organizing its first ever community hackathon!',
+            'description': 'The modern technology we tend to depend on so heavily, is never without it\'s share of hiccups and headaches. Next weekend - CBC Montreal will be getting members of the public for its first Hackathon.',
+            'timestamp': 1425704400,
+            'upload_date': '20150307',
+            'uploader': 'CBCC-NEW',
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2164402062',
+        'md5': '33fcd8f6719b9dd60a5e73adcb83b9f6',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2164402062',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Cancer survivor four times over',
+            'description': 'Tim Mayer has beaten three different forms of cancer four times in five years.',
+            'timestamp': 1320410746,
+            'upload_date': '20111104',
+            'uploader': 'CBCC-NEW',
+        },
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        return {
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
+            'ie_key': 'ThePlatform',
+            'url': smuggle_url(
+                'http://link.theplatform.com/s/ExhSPC/media/guid/2655402169/%s?mbr=true&formats=MPEG4,FLV,MP3' % video_id, {
+                    'force_smil_url': True
+                }),
+            'id': video_id,
+        }
+
+
+class CBCWatchBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _device_id = None
+    _device_token = None
+    _API_BASE_URL = 'https://api-cbc.cloud.clearleap.com/cloffice/client/'
+    _NS_MAP = {
+        'media': 'http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/',
+        'clearleap': 'http://www.clearleap.com/namespace/clearleap/1.0/',
+    }
+    _GEO_COUNTRIES = ['CA']
+
+    def _call_api(self, path, video_id):
+        url = path if path.startswith('http') else self._API_BASE_URL + path
+        for _ in range(2):
+            try:
+                result = self._download_xml(url, video_id, headers={
+                    'X-Clearleap-DeviceId': self._device_id,
+                    'X-Clearleap-DeviceToken': self._device_token,
+                })
+            except ExtractorError as e:
+                if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code == 401:
+                    # Device token has expired, re-acquiring device token
+                    self._register_device()
+                    continue
+                raise
+        error_message = xpath_text(result, 'userMessage') or xpath_text(result, 'systemMessage')
+        if error_message:
+            raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, error_message))
+        return result
+
+    def _real_initialize(self):
+        if self._valid_device_token():
+            return
+        device = self._downloader.cache.load('cbcwatch', 'device') or {}
+        self._device_id, self._device_token = device.get('id'), device.get('token')
+        if self._valid_device_token():
+            return
+        self._register_device()
+
+    def _valid_device_token(self):
+        return self._device_id and self._device_token
+
+    def _register_device(self):
+        self._device_id = self._device_token = None
+        result = self._download_xml(
+            self._API_BASE_URL + 'device/register',
+            None, 'Acquiring device token',
+            data=b'<device><type>web</type></device>')
+        self._device_id = xpath_text(result, 'deviceId', fatal=True)
+        self._device_token = xpath_text(result, 'deviceToken', fatal=True)
+        self._downloader.cache.store(
+            'cbcwatch', 'device', {
+                'id': self._device_id,
+                'token': self._device_token,
+            })
+
+    def _parse_rss_feed(self, rss):
+        channel = xpath_element(rss, 'channel', fatal=True)
+
+        def _add_ns(path):
+            return xpath_with_ns(path, self._NS_MAP)
+
+        entries = []
+        for item in channel.findall('item'):
+            guid = xpath_text(item, 'guid', fatal=True)
+            title = xpath_text(item, 'title', fatal=True)
+
+            media_group = xpath_element(item, _add_ns('media:group'), fatal=True)
+            content = xpath_element(media_group, _add_ns('media:content'), fatal=True)
+            content_url = content.attrib['url']
+
+            thumbnails = []
+            for thumbnail in media_group.findall(_add_ns('media:thumbnail')):
+                thumbnail_url = thumbnail.get('url')
+                if not thumbnail_url:
+                    continue
+                thumbnails.append({
+                    'id': thumbnail.get('profile'),
+                    'url': thumbnail_url,
+                    'width': int_or_none(thumbnail.get('width')),
+                    'height': int_or_none(thumbnail.get('height')),
+                })
+
+            timestamp = None
+            release_date = find_xpath_attr(
+                item, _add_ns('media:credit'), 'role', 'releaseDate')
+            if release_date is not None:
+                timestamp = parse_iso8601(release_date.text)
+
+            entries.append({
+                '_type': 'url_transparent',
+                'url': content_url,
+                'id': guid,
+                'title': title,
+                'description': xpath_text(item, 'description'),
+                'timestamp': timestamp,
+                'duration': int_or_none(content.get('duration')),
+                'age_limit': parse_age_limit(xpath_text(item, _add_ns('media:rating'))),
+                'episode': xpath_text(item, _add_ns('clearleap:episode')),
+                'episode_number': int_or_none(xpath_text(item, _add_ns('clearleap:episodeInSeason'))),
+                'series': xpath_text(item, _add_ns('clearleap:series')),
+                'season_number': int_or_none(xpath_text(item, _add_ns('clearleap:season'))),
+                'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+                'ie_key': 'CBCWatchVideo',
+            })
+
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            entries, xpath_text(channel, 'guid'),
+            xpath_text(channel, 'title'),
+            xpath_text(channel, 'description'))
+
+
+class CBCWatchVideoIE(CBCWatchBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'cbc.ca:watch:video'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://api-cbc\.cloud\.clearleap\.com/cloffice/client/web/play/?\?.*?\bcontentId=(?P<id>[\da-f]{8}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{4}-[\da-f]{12})'
+    _TEST = {
+        # geo-restricted to Canada, bypassable
+        'url': 'https://api-cbc.cloud.clearleap.com/cloffice/client/web/play/?contentId=3c84472a-1eea-4dee-9267-2655d5055dcf&categoryId=ebc258f5-ee40-4cca-b66b-ba6bd55b7235',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        result = self._call_api(url, video_id)
+
+        m3u8_url = xpath_text(result, 'url', fatal=True)
+        formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(re.sub(r'/([^/]+)/[^/?]+\.m3u8', r'/\1/\1.m3u8', m3u8_url), video_id, 'mp4', fatal=False)
+        if len(formats) < 2:
+            formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(m3u8_url, video_id, 'mp4')
+        for f in formats:
+            format_id = f.get('format_id')
+            if format_id.startswith('AAC'):
+                f['acodec'] = 'aac'
+            elif format_id.startswith('AC3'):
+                f['acodec'] = 'ac-3'
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        info = {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': video_id,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }
+
+        rss = xpath_element(result, 'rss')
+        if rss:
+            info.update(self._parse_rss_feed(rss)['entries'][0])
+            del info['url']
+            del info['_type']
+            del info['ie_key']
+        return info
+
+
+class CBCWatchIE(CBCWatchBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'cbc.ca:watch'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:gem|watch)\.cbc\.ca/(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>[0-9a-f-]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        # geo-restricted to Canada, bypassable
+        'url': 'http://watch.cbc.ca/doc-zone/season-6/customer-disservice/38e815a-009e3ab12e4',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '9673749a-5e77-484c-8b62-a1092a6b5168',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Customer (Dis)Service',
+            'description': 'md5:8bdd6913a0fe03d4b2a17ebe169c7c87',
+            'upload_date': '20160219',
+            'timestamp': 1455840000,