+        is_live = False
+        duration = float_or_none(json_data.get('duration'), 1000)
+        if duration is not None and duration <= 0:
+            is_live = True
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': self._live_title(title) if is_live else title,
+            'description': clean_html(json_data.get('description')),
+            'thumbnail': json_data.get('thumbnail') or json_data.get('poster'),
+            'duration': duration,
+            'timestamp': parse_iso8601(json_data.get('published_at')),
+            'uploader_id': json_data.get('account_id'),
+            'formats': formats,
+            'subtitles': subtitles,
+            'tags': json_data.get('tags', []),
+            'is_live': is_live,
+        }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        url, smuggled_data = unsmuggle_url(url, {})
+        self._initialize_geo_bypass({
+            'countries': smuggled_data.get('geo_countries'),
+            'ip_blocks': smuggled_data.get('geo_ip_blocks'),
+        })
+
+        account_id, player_id, embed, content_type, video_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+
+        policy_key_id = '%s_%s' % (account_id, player_id)
+        policy_key = self._downloader.cache.load('brightcove', policy_key_id)
+        policy_key_extracted = False
+        store_pk = lambda x: self._downloader.cache.store('brightcove', policy_key_id, x)
+
+        def extract_policy_key():
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(
+                'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/%s_%s/index.min.js'
+                % (account_id, player_id, embed), video_id)
+
+            policy_key = None
+
+            catalog = self._search_regex(
+                r'catalog\(({.+?})\);', webpage, 'catalog', default=None)
+            if catalog:
+                catalog = self._parse_json(
+                    js_to_json(catalog), video_id, fatal=False)
+                if catalog:
+                    policy_key = catalog.get('policyKey')
+
+            if not policy_key:
+                policy_key = self._search_regex(
+                    r'policyKey\s*:\s*(["\'])(?P<pk>.+?)\1',
+                    webpage, 'policy key', group='pk')
+
+            store_pk(policy_key)
+            return policy_key
+
+        api_url = 'https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/%s/%ss/%s' % (account_id, content_type, video_id)
+        headers = {}
+        referrer = smuggled_data.get('referrer')
+        if referrer:
+            headers.update({
+                'Referer': referrer,
+                'Origin': re.search(r'https?://[^/]+', referrer).group(0),
+            })
+
+        for _ in range(2):
+            if not policy_key:
+                policy_key = extract_policy_key()
+                policy_key_extracted = True
+            headers['Accept'] = 'application/json;pk=%s' % policy_key
+            try:
+                json_data = self._download_json(api_url, video_id, headers=headers)
+                break
+            except ExtractorError as e:
+                if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code in (401, 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)
+                    elif json_data.get('error_code') == 'INVALID_POLICY_KEY' and not policy_key_extracted:
+                        policy_key = None
+                        store_pk(None)
+                        continue
+                    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'))