'id': '85523671',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'title': 'The Sunday Times - Icons',
-            'description': 'md5:a5f7ff82e2f7a9ed77473fe666954e84',
+            'description': 're:(?s)^Watch the making of - makingoficons.com.{300,}',
             'uploader': 'Us',
             'uploader_id': 'usfilms',
             'upload_date': '20140131'
 
         base64_video_info = self._html_search_regex(
             r'var cozVidData = "(.+?)";', webpage, 'video data')
-        decoded_video_info = base64.b64decode(base64_video_info).decode("utf-8")
+        decoded_video_info = base64.b64decode(base64_video_info.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
         video_info_dict = json.loads(decoded_video_info)
 
         # get video information from dict