+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://screen.yahoo.com/julian-smith-travis-legg-watch-214727115.html',
+            'file': '214727115.mp4',
+            'md5': '4962b075c08be8690a922ee026d05e69',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'title': 'Julian Smith & Travis Legg Watch Julian Smith',
+                'description': 'Julian and Travis watch Julian Smith',
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://screen.yahoo.com/wired/codefellas-s1-ep12-cougar-lies-103000935.html',
+            'file': '103000935.mp4',
+            'md5': 'd6e6fc6e1313c608f316ddad7b82b306',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'title': 'Codefellas - The Cougar Lies with Spanish Moss',
+                'description': 'Agent Topple\'s mustache does its dirty work, and Nicole brokers a deal for peace. But why is the NSA collecting millions of Instagram brunch photos? And if your waffles have nothing to hide, what are they so worried about?',
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        items_json = self._search_regex(r'mediaItems: ({.*?})$',
+            webpage, 'items', flags=re.MULTILINE)
+        items = json.loads(items_json)
+        info = items['mediaItems']['query']['results']['mediaObj'][0]
+        # The 'meta' field is not always in the video webpage, we request it
+        # from another page
+        long_id = info['id']
+        return self._get_info(long_id, video_id)
+
+    def _get_info(self, long_id, video_id):
+        query = ('SELECT * FROM yahoo.media.video.streams WHERE id="%s"'
+                 ' AND plrs="86Gj0vCaSzV_Iuf6hNylf2" AND region="US"'
+                 ' AND protocol="http"' % long_id)
+        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+            'q': query,
+            'env': 'prod',
+            'format': 'json',
+        })
+        query_result_json = self._download_webpage(
+            'http://video.query.yahoo.com/v1/public/yql?' + data,
+            video_id, 'Downloading video info')
+        query_result = json.loads(query_result_json)
+        info = query_result['query']['results']['mediaObj'][0]
+        meta = info['meta']
+
+        formats = []
+        for s in info['streams']:
+            format_info = {
+                'width': int_or_none(s.get('width')),
+                'height': int_or_none(s.get('height')),
+                'tbr': int_or_none(s.get('bitrate')),
+            }
+
+            host = s['host']
+            path = s['path']
+            if host.startswith('rtmp'):
+                format_info.update({
+                    'url': host,
+                    'play_path': path,
+                    'ext': 'flv',
+                })
+            else:
+                format_url = compat_urlparse.urljoin(host, path)
+                format_info['url'] = format_url
+                
+            formats.append(format_info)
+
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': meta['title'],
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': clean_html(meta['description']),
+            'thumbnail': meta['thumbnail'],
+        }
+
+
+class YahooNewsIE(YahooIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'yahoo:news'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://news\.yahoo\.com/video/.*?-(?P<id>\d*?)\.html'
+