compat_str,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_parse_qs,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlparse,
 
     determine_ext,
     ExtractorError,
 
 
 class BrightcoveIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://.*brightcove\.com/(services|viewer).*\?(?P<query>.*)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://.*brightcove\.com/(services|viewer).*?\?(?P<query>.*)'
     _FEDERATED_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/htmlFederated?%s'
 
     _TESTS = [
                             lambda m: m.group(1) + '/>', object_str)
         # Fix up some stupid XML, see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1608
         object_str = object_str.replace('<--', '<!--')
+        # remove namespace to simplify extraction
+        object_str = re.sub(r'(<object[^>]*)(xmlns=".*?")', r'\1', object_str)
         object_str = fix_xml_ampersands(object_str)
 
         object_doc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(object_str.encode('utf-8'))
         webpage = self._download_webpage(req, video_id)
 
         error_msg = self._html_search_regex(
-            r"<h1>We're sorry.</h1>\s*<p>(.*?)</p>", webpage,
+            r"<h1>We're sorry.</h1>([\s\n]*<p>.*?</p>)+", webpage,
             'error message', default=None)
         if error_msg is not None:
             raise ExtractorError(
             formats = []
             for rend in renditions:
                 url = rend['defaultURL']
+                if not url:
+                    continue
                 if rend['remote']:
-                    # This type of renditions are served through akamaihd.net,
-                    # but they don't use f4m manifests
-                    url = url.replace('control/', '') + '?&v=3.3.0&fp=13&r=FEEFJ&g=RTSJIMBMPFPB'
-                    ext = 'flv'
+                    url_comp = compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(url)
+                    if url_comp.path.endswith('.m3u8'):
+                        formats.extend(
+                            self._extract_m3u8_formats(url, info['id'], 'mp4'))
+                        continue
+                    elif 'akamaihd.net' in url_comp.netloc:
+                        # This type of renditions are served through
+                        # akamaihd.net, but they don't use f4m manifests
+                        url = url.replace('control/', '') + '?&v=3.3.0&fp=13&r=FEEFJ&g=RTSJIMBMPFPB'
+                        ext = 'flv'
                 else:
                     ext = determine_ext(url)
                 size = rend.get('size')