+        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,
+                })
+
+        if content_type == 'playlist':
+            return self.playlist_result(
+                [self._parse_brightcove_metadata(vid, vid.get('id'), headers)
+                 for vid in json_data.get('videos', []) if vid.get('id')],
+                json_data.get('id'), json_data.get('name'),
+                json_data.get('description'))
+
+        return self._parse_brightcove_metadata(
+            json_data, video_id, headers=headers)