-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        prog_name = mobj.group(1)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, prog_name)
-        video_id = self._search_regex(r'programid=(.*?)&', webpage, 'video id')
-        data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({'programid': video_id,
-                                              'dynamic':'1'})
-        info_url = 'http://www.c-spanvideo.org/common/services/flashXml.php?' + data
-        video_info = self._download_webpage(info_url, video_id, u'Downloading video info')
-
-        self.report_extraction(video_id)
-
-        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<string name="title">(.*?)</string>',
-                                        video_info, 'title')
-        description = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta (?:property="og:|name=")description" content="(.*?)"',
-                                              webpage, 'description',
-                                              flags=re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
-        thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta property="og:image" content="(.*?)"',
-                                            webpage, 'thumbnail')
-
-        url = self._search_regex(r'<string name="URL">(.*?)</string>',
-                                 video_info, 'video url')
-        url = url.replace('$(protocol)', 'rtmp').replace('$(port)', '443')
-        path = self._search_regex(r'<string name="path">(.*?)</string>',
-                            video_info, 'rtmp play path')
-
-        return {'id': video_id,
-                'title': title,
-                'ext': 'flv',
-                'url': url,
-                'play_path': path,
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        video_type = None
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        ustream_url = UstreamIE._extract_url(webpage)
+        if ustream_url:
+            return self.url_result(ustream_url, UstreamIE.ie_key())
+
+        if '&vod' not in url:
+            bc = self._search_regex(
+                r"(<[^>]+id='brightcove-player-embed'[^>]+>)",
+                webpage, 'brightcove embed', default=None)
+            if bc:
+                bc_attr = extract_attributes(bc)
+                bc_url = self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % (
+                    bc_attr.get('data-bcaccountid', '3162030207001'),
+                    bc_attr.get('data-noprebcplayerid', 'SyGGpuJy3g'),
+                    bc_attr.get('data-newbcplayerid', 'default'),
+                    bc_attr['data-bcid'])
+                return self.url_result(smuggle_url(bc_url, {'source_url': url}))
+
+        # We first look for clipid, because clipprog always appears before
+        patterns = [r'id=\'clip(%s)\'\s*value=\'([0-9]+)\'' % t for t in ('id', 'prog')]
+        results = list(filter(None, (re.search(p, webpage) for p in patterns)))
+        if results:
+            matches = results[0]
+            video_type, video_id = matches.groups()
+            video_type = 'clip' if video_type == 'id' else 'program'
+        else:
+            m = re.search(r'data-(?P<type>clip|prog)id=["\'](?P<id>\d+)', webpage)
+            if m:
+                video_id = m.group('id')
+                video_type = 'program' if m.group('type') == 'prog' else 'clip'
+            else:
+                senate_isvp_url = SenateISVPIE._search_iframe_url(webpage)
+                if senate_isvp_url:
+                    title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
+                    surl = smuggle_url(senate_isvp_url, {'force_title': title})
+                    return self.url_result(surl, 'SenateISVP', video_id, title)
+                video_id = self._search_regex(
+                    r'jwsetup\.clipprog\s*=\s*(\d+);',
+                    webpage, 'jwsetup program id', default=None)
+                if video_id:
+                    video_type = 'program'
+        if video_type is None or video_id is None:
+            error_message = get_element_by_class('VLplayer-error-message', webpage)
+            if error_message:
+                raise ExtractorError(error_message)
+            raise ExtractorError('unable to find video id and type')
+
+        def get_text_attr(d, attr):
+            return d.get(attr, {}).get('#text')
+
+        data = self._download_json(
+            'http://www.c-span.org/assets/player/ajax-player.php?os=android&html5=%s&id=%s' % (video_type, video_id),
+            video_id)['video']
+        if data['@status'] != 'Success':
+            raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, get_text_attr(data, 'error')), expected=True)
+
+        doc = self._download_xml(
+            'http://www.c-span.org/common/services/flashXml.php?%sid=%s' % (video_type, video_id),
+            video_id)
+
+        description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage)
+
+        title = find_xpath_attr(doc, './/string', 'name', 'title').text
+        thumbnail = find_xpath_attr(doc, './/string', 'name', 'poster').text
+
+        files = data['files']
+        capfile = get_text_attr(data, 'capfile')
+
+        entries = []
+        for partnum, f in enumerate(files):
+            formats = []
+            for quality in f.get('qualities', []):
+                formats.append({
+                    'format_id': '%s-%sp' % (get_text_attr(quality, 'bitrate'), get_text_attr(quality, 'height')),
+                    'url': unescapeHTML(get_text_attr(quality, 'file')),
+                    'height': int_or_none(get_text_attr(quality, 'height')),
+                    'tbr': int_or_none(get_text_attr(quality, 'bitrate')),
+                })
+            if not formats:
+                path = unescapeHTML(get_text_attr(f, 'path'))
+                if not path:
+                    continue
+                formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    path, video_id, 'mp4', entry_protocol='m3u8_native',
+                    m3u8_id='hls') if determine_ext(path) == 'm3u8' else [{'url': path, }]
+            self._sort_formats(formats)
+            entries.append({
+                'id': '%s_%d' % (video_id, partnum + 1),
+                'title': (
+                    title if len(files) == 1 else
+                    '%s part %d' % (title, partnum + 1)),
+                'formats': formats,