+        json_data = self._download_json(request, video_id=presumptive_id)
+
+        if 'Post' in json_data:
+            data = json_data['Post']
+        else:
+            data = json_data
+
+        video_id = compat_str(data['item_id'])
+        upload_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(data['datestamp'], '%m-%d-%y %H:%M%p').strftime('%Y%m%d')
+        subtitles = {}
+        formats = []
+        if 'additionalMedia' in data:
+            for f in data['additionalMedia']:
+                if f.get('file_type_srt') == 1:
+                    LANGS = {
+                        'english': 'en',
+                    }
+                    lang = f['role'].rpartition('-')[-1].strip().lower()
+                    langcode = LANGS.get(lang, lang)
+                    subtitles[langcode] = f['url']
+                    continue
+                if not int(f['media_width']):  # filter m3u8
+                    continue
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': f['url'],
+                    'format_id': f['role'],
+                    'width': int(f['media_width']),
+                    'height': int(f['media_height']),
+                })
+        else:
+            formats.append({
+                'url': data['media']['url'],
+                'width': int(data['media']['width']),
+                'height': int(data['media']['height']),
+            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        # subtitles
+        video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, subtitles)
+        if self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles', False):
+            self._list_available_subtitles(video_id, subtitles)
+            return
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'uploader': data['display_name'],
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'title': data['title'],
+            'thumbnail': data['thumbnailUrl'],
+            'description': data['description'],
+            'user_agent': 'iTunes/10.6.1',
+            'formats': formats,
+            'subtitles': video_subtitles,
+        }
+
+    def _download_subtitle_url(self, sub_lang, url):
+        # For some weird reason, blip.tv serves a video instead of subtitles
+        # when we request with a common UA
+        req = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
+        req.add_header('Youtubedl-user-agent', 'youtube-dl')
+        return self._download_webpage(req, None, note=False)