-        show_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, show_id)
-
-        entries = [
-            self.url_result(video_url, ViceIE.ie_key())
-            for video_url, _ in re.findall(
-                r'<h2[^>]+class="article-title"[^>]+data-id="\d+"[^>]*>\s*<a[^>]+href="(%s.*?)"'
-                % ViceIE._VALID_URL, webpage)]
-
-        title = self._search_regex(
-            r'<title>(.+?)</title>', webpage, 'title', default=None)
-        if title:
-            title = re.sub(r'(.+)\s*\|\s*.+$', r'\1', title).strip()
-        description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, 'description')
-
-        return self.playlist_result(entries, show_id, title, description)
+        locale, display_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+        show = self._call_api('shows', 'slug', display_id, locale, '''dek
+    id
+    title''')[0]
+        show_id = show['id']
+
+        entries = OnDemandPagedList(
+            functools.partial(self._fetch_page, locale, show_id),
+            self._PAGE_SIZE)
+
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            entries, show_id, show.get('title'), show.get('dek'))
+
+
+class ViceArticleIE(ViceBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'vice:article'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https://(?:www\.)?vice\.com/(?P<locale>[^/]+)/article/(?:[0-9a-z]{6}/)?(?P<id>[^?#]+)'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/on-set-with-the-woman-making-mormon-porn-in-utah',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '58dc0a3dee202d2a0ccfcbd8',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Mormon War on Porn',
+            'description': 'md5:1c5d91fe25fa8aa304f9def118b92dbf',
+            'uploader': 'vice',
+            'uploader_id': '57a204088cb727dec794c67b',
+            'timestamp': 1491883129,
+            'upload_date': '20170411',
+            'age_limit': 17,
+        },
+        'params': {
+            # AES-encrypted m3u8
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+        'add_ie': [ViceIE.ie_key()],
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/how-to-hack-a-car',
+        'md5': '13010ee0bc694ea87ec40724397c2349',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '3jstaBeXgAs',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'How to Hack a Car: Phreaked Out (Episode 2)',
+            'description': 'md5:ee95453f7ff495db8efe14ae8bf56f30',
+            'uploader': 'Motherboard',
+            'uploader_id': 'MotherboardTV',
+            'upload_date': '20140529',
+        },
+        'add_ie': [YoutubeIE.ie_key()],
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/znm9dx/karley-sciortino-slutever-reloaded',
+        'md5': 'a7ecf64ee4fa19b916c16f4b56184ae2',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '57f41d3556a0a80f54726060',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': "Making The World's First Male Sex Doll",
+            'description': 'md5:19b00b215b99961cf869c40fbe9df755',
+            'uploader': 'vice',
+            'uploader_id': '57a204088cb727dec794c67b',
+            'timestamp': 1476919911,
+            'upload_date': '20161019',
+            'age_limit': 17,
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+            'format': 'bestvideo',
+        },
+        'add_ie': [ViceIE.ie_key()],
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/cowboy-capitalists-part-1',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.vice.com/ru/article/big-night-out-ibiza-clive-martin-229',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        locale, display_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+
+        article = self._call_api('articles', 'slug', display_id, locale, '''body
+    embed_code''')[0]
+        body = article['body']
+
+        def _url_res(video_url, ie_key):
+            return {
+                '_type': 'url_transparent',
+                'url': video_url,
+                'display_id': display_id,
+                'ie_key': ie_key,
+            }
+
+        vice_url = ViceIE._extract_url(body)
+        if vice_url:
+            return _url_res(vice_url, ViceIE.ie_key())
+
+        embed_code = self._search_regex(
+            r'embedCode=([^&\'"]+)', body,
+            'ooyala embed code', default=None)
+        if embed_code:
+            return _url_res('ooyala:%s' % embed_code, 'Ooyala')
+
+        youtube_url = YoutubeIE._extract_url(body)
+        if youtube_url:
+            return _url_res(youtube_url, YoutubeIE.ie_key())
+
+        video_url = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'data-video-url="([^"]+)"',
+            article['embed_code'], 'video URL')
+
+        return _url_res(video_url, ViceIE.ie_key())