diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 8e31de93d..17ab49283 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ from .spike import SpikeIE
 from .sport5 import Sport5IE
 from .sportbox import SportBoxIE
 from .sportdeutschland import SportDeutschlandIE
+from .srmediathek import SRMediathekIE
 from .stanfordoc import StanfordOpenClassroomIE
 from .steam import SteamIE
 from .streamcloud import StreamcloudIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/srmediathek.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/srmediathek.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26bf9e34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/srmediathek.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import json
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import js_to_json
+
+
+class SRMediathekIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'Süddeutscher Rundfunk'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://sr-mediathek\.sr-online\.de/index\.php\?.*?&id=(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://sr-mediathek.sr-online.de/index.php?seite=7&id=28455',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '28455',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'sportarena (26.10.2014)',
+            'description': 'Ringen: KSV Köllerbach gegen Aachen-Walheim; Frauen-Fußball: 1. FC Saarbrücken gegen Sindelfingen; Motorsport: Rallye in Losheim; dazu: Interview mit Timo Bernhard; Turnen: TG Saar; Reitsport: Deutscher Voltigier-Pokal; Badminton: Interview mit Michael Fuchs ',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        urls = json.loads(js_to_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'var mediaURLs\s*=\s*(.*?);\n', webpage, 'video URLs')))
+        formats = [{'url': url} for url in urls]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        title = json.loads(js_to_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'var mediaTitles\s*=\s*(.*?);\n', webpage, 'title')))[0]
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+        }