-        if mg.get('url'):
-            m = re.match(r'(?P<url>rtmpe?://[^/]+)/(?P<app>.+)/(?P<playpath>mp4:.*)', mg['url'])
-            if m:
-                m = m.groupdict()
-                formats.append({
-                    'url': m['url'] + '/' + m['app'],
-                    'app': m['app'],
-                    'play_path': m['playpath'],
-                    'player_url': url,
-                    'ext': 'flv',
-                    'format_id': 'rtmp',
-                })
-
-        if mg.get('hls_server') and mg.get('hls_url'):
-            formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
-                mg['hls_server'] + mg['hls_url'], item_id, 'mp4',
-                entry_protocol='m3u8_native', m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
-
-        if mg.get('hds_server') and mg.get('hds_url'):
-            formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
-                mg['hds_server'] + mg['hds_url'], item_id,
-                f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+        ENDPOINTS = (
+            'https://feeds.rasset.ie/rteavgen/player/playlist?type=iptv&format=json&showId=',
+            'http://www.rte.ie/rteavgen/getplaylist/?type=web&format=json&id=',
+        )
+
+        for num, ep_url in enumerate(ENDPOINTS, start=1):
+            try:
+                data = self._download_json(ep_url + item_id, item_id)
+            except ExtractorError as ee:
+                if num < len(ENDPOINTS) or formats:
+                    continue
+                if isinstance(ee.cause, compat_HTTPError) and ee.cause.code == 404:
+                    error_info = self._parse_json(ee.cause.read().decode(), item_id, fatal=False)
+                    if error_info:
+                        raise ExtractorError(
+                            '%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, error_info['message']),
+                            expected=True)
+                raise
+
+            # NB the string values in the JSON are stored using XML escaping(!)
+            show = try_get(data, lambda x: x['shows'][0], dict)
+            if not show:
+                continue
+
+            if not info_dict:
+                title = unescapeHTML(show['title'])
+                description = unescapeHTML(show.get('description'))
+                thumbnail = show.get('thumbnail')
+                duration = float_or_none(show.get('duration'), 1000)
+                timestamp = parse_iso8601(show.get('published'))
+                info_dict = {
+                    'id': item_id,
+                    'title': title,
+                    'description': description,
+                    'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+                    'timestamp': timestamp,
+                    'duration': duration,
+                }
+
+            mg = try_get(show, lambda x: x['media:group'][0], dict)
+            if not mg:
+                continue
+
+            if mg.get('url'):
+                m = re.match(r'(?P<url>rtmpe?://[^/]+)/(?P<app>.+)/(?P<playpath>mp4:.*)', mg['url'])
+                if m:
+                    m = m.groupdict()
+                    formats.append({
+                        'url': m['url'] + '/' + m['app'],
+                        'app': m['app'],
+                        'play_path': m['playpath'],
+                        'player_url': url,
+                        'ext': 'flv',
+                        'format_id': 'rtmp',
+                    })
+
+            if mg.get('hls_server') and mg.get('hls_url'):
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    mg['hls_server'] + mg['hls_url'], item_id, 'mp4',
+                    entry_protocol='m3u8_native', m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
+
+            if mg.get('hds_server') and mg.get('hds_url'):
+                formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                    mg['hds_server'] + mg['hds_url'], item_id,
+                    f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+
+            mg_rte_server = str_or_none(mg.get('rte:server'))
+            mg_url = str_or_none(mg.get('url'))
+            if mg_rte_server and mg_url:
+                hds_url = url_or_none(mg_rte_server + mg_url)
+                if hds_url:
+                    formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                        hds_url, item_id, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))