+class RteBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        item_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        try:
+            json_string = self._download_json(
+                'http://www.rte.ie/rteavgen/getplaylist/?type=web&format=json&id=' + item_id,
+                item_id)
+        except ExtractorError as ee:
+            if isinstance(ee.cause, compat_HTTPError) and ee.cause.code == 404:
+                error_info = self._parse_json(ee.cause.read().decode(), item_id, fatal=False)
+                if error_info:
+                    raise ExtractorError(
+                        '%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, error_info['message']),
+                        expected=True)
+            raise
+
+        # NB the string values in the JSON are stored using XML escaping(!)
+        show = json_string['shows'][0]
+        title = unescapeHTML(show['title'])
+        description = unescapeHTML(show.get('description'))
+        thumbnail = show.get('thumbnail')
+        duration = float_or_none(show.get('duration'), 1000)
+        timestamp = parse_iso8601(show.get('published'))
+
+        mg = show['media:group'][0]
+
+        formats = []
+
+        if mg.get('url'):
+            m = re.match(r'(?P<url>rtmpe?://[^/]+)/(?P<app>.+)/(?P<playpath>mp4:.*)', mg['url'])
+            if m:
+                m = m.groupdict()
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': m['url'] + '/' + m['app'],
+                    'app': m['app'],
+                    'play_path': m['playpath'],
+                    'player_url': url,
+                    'ext': 'flv',
+                    'format_id': 'rtmp',
+                })
+
+        if mg.get('hls_server') and mg.get('hls_url'):
+            formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                mg['hls_server'] + mg['hls_url'], item_id, 'mp4',
+                entry_protocol='m3u8_native', m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
+
+        if mg.get('hds_server') and mg.get('hds_url'):
+            formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                mg['hds_server'] + mg['hds_url'], item_id,
+                f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': item_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }
+
+
+class RteIE(RteBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'rte'
+    IE_DESC = 'Raidió Teilifís Éireann TV'