diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 41ab36213..cc19af5c4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ from .streamcloud import StreamcloudIE
 from .streamcz import StreamCZIE
 from .streetvoice import StreetVoiceIE
 from .stretchinternet import StretchInternetIE
+from .stv import STVPlayerIE
 from .sunporno import SunPornoIE
 from .svt import (
     SVTIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/stv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/stv.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccb074cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/stv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import (
+    compat_parse_qs,
+    compat_urllib_parse_urlparse
+)
+from ..utils import (
+    extract_attributes,
+    float_or_none,
+    int_or_none,
+    str_or_none,
+)
+
+
+class STVPlayerIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'stv:player'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://player\.stv\.tv/(?P<type>episode|video)/(?P<id>[a-z0-9]{4})'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://player.stv.tv/video/7srz/victoria/interview-with-the-cast-ahead-of-new-victoria/',
+        'md5': '2ad867d4afd641fa14187596e0fbc91b',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '6016487034001',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'upload_date': '20190321',
+            'title': 'Interview with the cast ahead of new Victoria',
+            'description': 'Nell Hudson and Lily Travers tell us what to expect in the new season of Victoria.',
+            'timestamp': 1553179628,
+            'uploader_id': '1486976045',
+        },
+        'skip': 'this resource is unavailable outside of the UK',
+    }
+    _PUBLISHER_ID = '1486976045'
+    _PTYPE_MAP = {
+        'episode': 'episodes',
+        'video': 'shortform',
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        ptype, video_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        qs = compat_parse_qs(compat_urllib_parse_urlparse(self._search_regex(
+            r'itemprop="embedURL"[^>]+href="([^"]+)',
+            webpage, 'embed URL', default=None)).query)
+        publisher_id = qs.get('publisherID', [None])[0] or self._PUBLISHER_ID
+
+        player_attr = extract_attributes(self._search_regex(
+            r'(<[^>]+class="bcplayer"[^>]+>)', webpage, 'player', default=None)) or {}
+
+        info = {}
+        duration = ref_id = series = video_id = None
+        api_ref_id = player_attr.get('data-player-api-refid')
+        if api_ref_id:
+            resp = self._download_json(
+                'https://player.api.stv.tv/v1/%s/%s' % (self._PTYPE_MAP[ptype], api_ref_id),
+                api_ref_id, fatal=False)
+            if resp:
+                result = resp.get('results') or {}
+                video = result.get('video') or {}
+                video_id = str_or_none(video.get('id'))
+                ref_id = video.get('guid')
+                duration = video.get('length')
+                programme = result.get('programme') or {}
+                series = programme.get('name') or programme.get('shortName')
+                subtitles = {}
+                _subtitles = result.get('_subtitles') or {}
+                for ext, sub_url in _subtitles.items():
+                    subtitles.setdefault('en', []).append({
+                        'ext': 'vtt' if ext == 'webvtt' else ext,
+                        'url': sub_url,
+                    })
+                info.update({
+                    'description': result.get('summary'),
+                    'subtitles': subtitles,
+                    'view_count': int_or_none(result.get('views')),
+                })
+        if not video_id:
+            video_id = qs.get('videoId', [None])[0] or self._search_regex(
+                r'<link\s+itemprop="url"\s+href="(\d+)"',
+                webpage, 'video id', default=None) or 'ref:' + (ref_id or player_attr['data-refid'])
+
+        info.update({
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
+            'duration': float_or_none(duration or player_attr.get('data-duration'), 1000),
+            'id': video_id,
+            'ie_key': 'BrightcoveNew',
+            'series': series or player_attr.get('data-programme-name'),
+            'url': 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/default_default/index.html?videoId=%s' % (publisher_id, video_id),
+        })
+        return info