-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-
-        json_url = 'http://www.vevo.com/data/video/%s' % video_id
-        base_url = 'http://smil.lvl3.vevo.com'
-        videos_url = '%s/Video/V2/VFILE/%s/%sr.smil' % (base_url, video_id, video_id.lower())
-        info_json = self._download_webpage(json_url, video_id, u'Downloading json info')
-        links_webpage = self._download_webpage(videos_url, video_id, u'Downloading videos urls')
-
-        self.report_extraction(video_id)
-        video_info = json.loads(info_json)
-        m_urls = list(re.finditer(r'<video src="(?P<ext>.*?):(?P<url>.*?)"', links_webpage))
-        if m_urls is None or len(m_urls) == 0:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract video url')
-        # They are sorted from worst to best quality
-        m_url = m_urls[-1]
-        video_url = base_url + m_url.group('url')
-        ext = m_url.group('ext')
-
-        return {'url': video_url,
-                'ext': ext,
-                'id': video_id,
-                'title': video_info['title'],
-                'thumbnail': video_info['img'],
-                'upload_date': video_info['launchDate'].replace('/',''),
-                'uploader': video_info['Artists'][0]['title'],
-                }
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        json_url = 'http://videoplayer.vevo.com/VideoService/AuthenticateVideo?isrc=%s' % video_id
+        response = self._download_json(
+            json_url, video_id, 'Downloading video info', 'Unable to download info')
+        video_info = response.get('video') or {}
+        video_versions = video_info.get('videoVersions')
+        uploader = None
+        timestamp = None
+        view_count = None
+        formats = []
+
+        if not video_info:
+            if response.get('statusCode') != 909:
+                ytid = response.get('errorInfo', {}).get('ytid')
+                if ytid:
+                    self.report_warning(
+                        'Video is geoblocked, trying with the YouTube video %s' % ytid)
+                    return self.url_result(ytid, 'Youtube', ytid)
+
+                if 'statusMessage' in response:
+                    raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (
+                        self.IE_NAME, response['statusMessage']), expected=True)
+                raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract videos')
+
+            self._initialize_api(video_id)
+            video_info = self._call_api(
+                'video/%s' % video_id, video_id, 'Downloading api video info',
+                'Failed to download video info')
+
+            video_versions = self._call_api(
+                'video/%s/streams' % video_id, video_id,
+                'Downloading video versions info',
+                'Failed to download video versions info')
+
+            timestamp = parse_iso8601(video_info.get('releaseDate'))
+            artists = video_info.get('artists')
+            if artists:
+                uploader = artists[0]['name']
+            view_count = int_or_none(video_info.get('views', {}).get('total'))
+
+            for video_version in video_versions:
+                version = self._VERSIONS.get(video_version['version'])
+                version_url = video_version.get('url')
+                if not version_url:
+                    continue
+
+                if '.ism' in version_url:
+                    continue
+                elif '.mpd' in version_url:
+                    formats.extend(self._extract_mpd_formats(
+                        version_url, video_id, mpd_id='dash-%s' % version,
+                        note='Downloading %s MPD information' % version,
+                        errnote='Failed to download %s MPD information' % version,
+                        fatal=False))
+                elif '.m3u8' in version_url:
+                    formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                        version_url, video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                        m3u8_id='hls-%s' % version,
+                        note='Downloading %s m3u8 information' % version,
+                        errnote='Failed to download %s m3u8 information' % version,
+                        fatal=False))
+                else:
+                    m = re.search(r'''(?xi)
+                        _(?P<width>[0-9]+)x(?P<height>[0-9]+)
+                        _(?P<vcodec>[a-z0-9]+)
+                        _(?P<vbr>[0-9]+)
+                        _(?P<acodec>[a-z0-9]+)
+                        _(?P<abr>[0-9]+)
+                        \.(?P<ext>[a-z0-9]+)''', version_url)
+                    if not m:
+                        continue
+
+                    formats.append({
+                        'url': version_url,
+                        'format_id': 'http-%s-%s' % (version, video_version['quality']),
+                        'vcodec': m.group('vcodec'),
+                        'acodec': m.group('acodec'),
+                        'vbr': int(m.group('vbr')),
+                        'abr': int(m.group('abr')),
+                        'ext': m.group('ext'),
+                        'width': int(m.group('width')),
+                        'height': int(m.group('height')),
+                    })
+        else:
+            timestamp = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
+                r'/Date\((\d+)\)/',
+                video_info['releaseDate'], 'release date', fatal=False),
+                scale=1000)
+            artists = video_info.get('mainArtists')
+            if artists:
+                uploader = artists[0]['artistName']
+
+            smil_parsed = False
+            for video_version in video_info['videoVersions']:
+                version = self._VERSIONS.get(video_version['version'])
+                if version == 'youtube':
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    source_type = self._SOURCE_TYPES.get(video_version['sourceType'])
+                    renditions = compat_etree_fromstring(video_version['data'])
+                    if source_type == 'http':
+                        for rend in renditions.findall('rendition'):
+                            attr = rend.attrib
+                            formats.append({
+                                'url': attr['url'],
+                                'format_id': 'http-%s-%s' % (version, attr['name']),
+                                'height': int_or_none(attr.get('frameheight')),
+                                'width': int_or_none(attr.get('frameWidth')),
+                                'tbr': int_or_none(attr.get('totalBitrate')),
+                                'vbr': int_or_none(attr.get('videoBitrate')),
+                                'abr': int_or_none(attr.get('audioBitrate')),
+                                'vcodec': attr.get('videoCodec'),
+                                'acodec': attr.get('audioCodec'),
+                            })
+                    elif source_type == 'hls':
+                        formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                            renditions.find('rendition').attrib['url'], video_id,
+                            'mp4', 'm3u8_native', m3u8_id='hls-%s' % version,
+                            note='Downloading %s m3u8 information' % version,
+                            errnote='Failed to download %s m3u8 information' % version,
+                            fatal=False))
+                    elif source_type == 'smil' and version == 'level3' and not smil_parsed:
+                        formats.extend(self._extract_smil_formats(
+                            renditions.find('rendition').attrib['url'], video_id, False))
+                        smil_parsed = True
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        title = video_info['title']
+
+        is_explicit = video_info.get('isExplicit')
+        if is_explicit is True:
+            age_limit = 18
+        elif is_explicit is False:
+            age_limit = 0
+        else:
+            age_limit = None
+
+        duration = video_info.get('duration')
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnail': video_info.get('imageUrl') or video_info.get('thumbnailUrl'),
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+            'uploader': uploader,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'view_count': view_count,
+            'age_limit': age_limit,
+        }