diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
index 6890021cf..e1a64e284 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
@@ -50,6 +50,4 @@ class TF1IE(InfoExtractor):
         wat_id = self._html_search_regex(
             r'(["\'])(?:https?:)?//www\.wat\.tv/embedframe/.*?(?P<id>\d{8})\1',
             webpage, 'wat id', group='id')
-        wat_info = self._download_json(
-            'http://www.wat.tv/interface/contentv3/%s' % wat_id, video_id)
-        return self.url_result(wat_info['media']['url'], 'Wat')
+        return self.url_result('wat:%s' % wat_id, 'Wat')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/wat.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/wat.py
index affcc52f6..37cf3d309 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/wat.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/wat.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class WatIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.wat\.tv/video/(?P<display_id>.*)-(?P<short_id>.*?)_.*?\.html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:wat:(?P<real_id>\d{8})|http://www\.wat\.tv/video/(?P<display_id>.*)-(?P<short_id>.*?)_.*?\.html)'
     IE_NAME = 'wat.tv'
     _TESTS = [
         {
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ class WatIE(InfoExtractor):
         def real_id_for_chapter(chapter):
             return chapter['tc_start'].split('-')[0]
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        short_id = mobj.group('short_id')
         display_id = mobj.group('display_id')
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id or short_id)
-        real_id = self._search_regex(r'xtpage = ".*-(.*?)";', webpage, 'real id')
+        real_id = mobj.group('real_id')
+        if not real_id:
+            short_id = mobj.group('short_id')
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id or short_id)
+            real_id = self._search_regex(r'xtpage = ".*-(.*?)";', webpage, 'real id')
 
         video_info = self.download_video_info(real_id)