-        # If the url includes the language we get the title translated
-        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<span .*?id="altHeadline".+?>(?P<title>.*)</span>',
-                                        webpage, 'title')
-        json_data = self._search_regex(r'<script.*?>var talkDetails = ({.*?})</script>',
-                                    webpage, 'json data')
-        info = json.loads(json_data)
-        desc = self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="talk-intro">.*?<p.*?>(.*?)</p>',
-                                       webpage, 'description', flags = re.DOTALL)
-        
-        thumbnail = self._search_regex(r'</span>[\s.]*</div>[\s.]*<img src="(.*?)"',
-                                       webpage, 'thumbnail')
-        info = {
-                'id': info['id'],
-                'url': info['htmlStreams'][-1]['file'],
-                'ext': 'mp4',
-                'title': title,
-                'thumbnail': thumbnail,
-                'description': desc,
-                }
-        return info
+
+        talk_info = self._extract_info(webpage)['talks'][0]
+
+        if talk_info.get('external') is not None:
+            self.to_screen('Found video from %s' % talk_info['external']['service'])
+            return {
+                '_type': 'url',
+                'url': talk_info['external']['uri'],
+            }
+
+        formats = [{
+            'url': format_url,
+            'format_id': format_id,
+            'format': format_id,
+        } for (format_id, format_url) in talk_info['nativeDownloads'].items() if format_url is not None]
+        if formats:
+            for f in formats:
+                finfo = self._NATIVE_FORMATS.get(f['format_id'])
+                if finfo:
+                    f.update(finfo)
+        else:
+            # Use rtmp downloads
+            formats = [{
+                'format_id': f['name'],
+                'url': talk_info['streamer'],
+                'play_path': f['file'],
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'width': f['width'],
+                'height': f['height'],
+                'tbr': f['bitrate'],
+            } for f in talk_info['resources']['rtmp']]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        video_id = compat_str(talk_info['id'])
+        # subtitles
+        video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, talk_info)
+        if self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles', False):
+            self._list_available_subtitles(video_id, talk_info)
+            return
+
+        thumbnail = talk_info['thumb']
+        if not thumbnail.startswith('http'):
+            thumbnail = 'http://' + thumbnail
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': talk_info['title'].strip(),
+            'uploader': talk_info['speaker'],
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+            'subtitles': video_subtitles,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'duration': talk_info.get('duration'),
+        }
+
+    def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id, talk_info):
+        languages = [lang['languageCode'] for lang in talk_info.get('languages', [])]
+        if languages:
+            sub_lang_list = {}
+            for l in languages:
+                url = 'http://www.ted.com/talks/subtitles/id/%s/lang/%s/format/srt' % (video_id, l)
+                sub_lang_list[l] = url
+            return sub_lang_list
+        else:
+            self._downloader.report_warning('video doesn\'t have subtitles')
+            return {}
+
+    def _watch_info(self, url, name):
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, name)
+
+        config_json = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'"pages\.jwplayer"\s*,\s*({.+?})\s*\)\s*</script>',
+            webpage, 'config')
+        config = json.loads(config_json)['config']
+        video_url = config['video']['url']
+        thumbnail = config.get('image', {}).get('url')
+
+        title = self._html_search_regex(
+            r"(?s)<h1(?:\s+class='[^']+')?>(.+?)</h1>", webpage, 'title')
+        description = self._html_search_regex(
+            [
+                r'(?s)<h4 class="[^"]+" id="h3--about-this-talk">.*?</h4>(.*?)</div>',
+                r'(?s)<p><strong>About this talk:</strong>\s+(.*?)</p>',
+            ],
+            webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
+
+        return {
+            'id': name,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'title': title,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'description': description,
+        }