+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        url, smuggled_data = unsmuggle_url(url, {})
+        self._initialize_geo_bypass(smuggled_data.get('geo_countries'))
+
+        account_id, player_id, embed, video_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(
+            'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/%s_%s/index.min.js'
+            % (account_id, player_id, embed), video_id)
+
+        policy_key = None
+
+        catalog = self._search_regex(
+            r'catalog\(({.+?})\);', webpage, 'catalog', default=None)
+        if catalog:
+            catalog = self._parse_json(
+                js_to_json(catalog), video_id, fatal=False)
+            if catalog:
+                policy_key = catalog.get('policyKey')
+
+        if not policy_key:
+            policy_key = self._search_regex(
+                r'policyKey\s*:\s*(["\'])(?P<pk>.+?)\1',
+                webpage, 'policy key', group='pk')
+
+        api_url = 'https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/%s/videos/%s' % (account_id, video_id)
+        headers = {
+            'Accept': 'application/json;pk=%s' % policy_key,
+        }
+        referrer = smuggled_data.get('referrer')
+        if referrer:
+            headers.update({
+                'Referer': referrer,
+                'Origin': re.search(r'https?://[^/]+', referrer).group(0),
+            })
+        try:
+            json_data = self._download_json(api_url, video_id, headers=headers)
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code == 403:
+                json_data = self._parse_json(e.cause.read().decode(), video_id)[0]
+                message = json_data.get('message') or json_data['error_code']
+                if json_data.get('error_subcode') == 'CLIENT_GEO':
+                    self.raise_geo_restricted(msg=message)
+                raise ExtractorError(message, expected=True)
+            raise
+
+        errors = json_data.get('errors')
+        if errors and errors[0].get('error_subcode') == 'TVE_AUTH':
+            custom_fields = json_data['custom_fields']
+            tve_token = self._extract_mvpd_auth(
+                smuggled_data['source_url'], video_id,
+                custom_fields['bcadobepassrequestorid'],
+                custom_fields['bcadobepassresourceid'])
+            json_data = self._download_json(
+                api_url, video_id, headers={
+                    'Accept': 'application/json;pk=%s' % policy_key
+                }, query={
+                    'tveToken': tve_token,
+                })
+
+        return self._parse_brightcove_metadata(
+            json_data, video_id, headers=headers)