diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/twentyfourvideo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/twentyfourvideo.py
index f3541b654..7af11659f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/twentyfourvideo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/twentyfourvideo.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import re
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     parse_iso8601,
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class TwentyFourVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = '24video'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?24video\.(?:net|me|xxx|sex|tube)/(?:video/(?:view|xml)/|player/new24_play\.swf\?id=)(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?P<host>(?:www\.)?24video\.(?:net|me|xxx|sex|tube))/(?:video/(?:view|xml)/|player/new24_play\.swf\?id=)(?P<id>\d+)'
 
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.24video.net/video/view/1044982',
@@ -43,10 +45,12 @@ class TwentyFourVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        host = mobj.group('host')
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
-            'http://www.24video.sex/video/view/%s' % video_id, video_id)
+            'http://%s/video/view/%s' % (host, video_id), video_id)
 
         title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
         description = self._html_search_regex(
@@ -72,11 +76,11 @@ class TwentyFourVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         # Sets some cookies
         self._download_xml(
-            r'http://www.24video.sex/video/xml/%s?mode=init' % video_id,
+            r'http://%s/video/xml/%s?mode=init' % (host, video_id),
             video_id, 'Downloading init XML')
 
         video_xml = self._download_xml(
-            'http://www.24video.sex/video/xml/%s?mode=play' % video_id,
+            'http://%s/video/xml/%s?mode=play' % (host, video_id),
             video_id, 'Downloading video XML')
 
         video = xpath_element(video_xml, './/video', 'video', fatal=True)