diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index ebec7986f2..0ffccd35f0 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(parse_duration('5 s'), 5)
         self.assertEqual(parse_duration('3 min'), 180)
         self.assertEqual(parse_duration('2.5 hours'), 9000)
+        self.assertEqual(parse_duration('02:03:04'), 7384)
+        self.assertEqual(parse_duration('01:02:03:04'), 93784)
 
     def test_fix_xml_ampersands(self):
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -371,6 +373,16 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         on = js_to_json('{"abc": true}')
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(on), {'abc': True})
 
+        # Ignore JavaScript code as well
+        on = js_to_json('''{
+            "x": 1,
+            y: "a",
+            z: some.code
+        }''')
+        d = json.loads(on)
+        self.assertEqual(d['x'], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(d['y'], 'a')
+
     def test_clean_html(self):
         self.assertEqual(clean_html('a:\nb'), 'a: b')
         self.assertEqual(clean_html('a:\n   "b"'), 'a:    "b"')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index bd707e0286..205bd43386 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ from .nrk import (
     NRKIE,
     NRKTVIE,
 )
+from .ntvde import NTVDeIE
 from .ntvru import NTVRuIE
 from .nytimes import NYTimesIE
 from .nuvid import NuvidIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ntvde.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ntvde.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4f628fcd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ntvde.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    int_or_none,
+    js_to_json,
+    parse_duration,
+)
+
+
+class NTVDeIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'n-tv.de'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?n-tv\.de/mediathek/videos/[^/?#]+/[^/?#]+-article(?P<id>.+)\.html'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/panorama/Schnee-und-Glaette-fuehren-zu-zahlreichen-Unfaellen-und-Staus-article14438086.html',
+        'md5': 'd37b7df1eea32265c51a062499ca488f',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '14438086',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            'title': 'Schnee und Glätte führen zu zahlreichen Unfällen und Staus',
+            'alt_title': 'Winterchaos auf deutschen Straßen',
+            'description': 'Schnee und Glätte sorgen deutschlandweit für einen chaotischen Start in die Woche: Auf den Straßen kommt es zu kilometerlangen Staus und Dutzenden Glätteunfällen. In Düsseldorf und München wirbelt der Schnee zudem den Flugplan durcheinander. Dutzende Flüge landen zu spät, einige fallen ganz aus.',
+            'duration': 4020,
+            'timestamp': 1422892797,
+            'upload_date': '20150202',
+        },
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        info = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'(?s)ntv.pageInfo.article =\s(\{.*?\});', webpage, 'info'),
+            video_id, transform_source=js_to_json)
+        timestamp = int_or_none(info.get('publishedDateAsUnixTimeStamp'))
+        vdata = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'(?s)\$\(\s*"\#player"\s*\)\s*\.data\(\s*"player",\s*(\{.*?\})\);',
+            webpage, 'player data'),
+            video_id, transform_source=js_to_json)
+        duration = parse_duration(vdata.get('duration'))
+        formats = [{
+            'format_id': 'flash',
+            'url': 'rtmp://fms.n-tv.de/' + vdata['video'],
+        }, {
+            'format_id': 'mp4',
+            'url': 'http://video.n-tv.de' + vdata['videoMp4'],
+        }]
+        m3u8_url = 'http://video.n-tv.de' + vdata['videoM3u8']
+        formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(m3u8_url, video_id))
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': info['headline'],
+            'description': info.get('intro'),
+            'alt_title': info.get('kicker'),
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+            'thumbnail': vdata.get('html5VideoPoster'),
+            'duration': duration,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ntvru.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ntvru.py
index 8b9166d486..963bb715a3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ntvru.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ntvru.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class NTVRuIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'ntv.ru'
     _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:www\.)?ntv\.ru/(?P<id>.+)'
 
     _TESTS = [
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 4ade0554e3..251074bf5a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1275,7 +1275,10 @@ def parse_duration(s):
             (?P<only_hours>[0-9.]+)\s*(?:hours?)|
 
             (?:
-                (?:(?P<hours>[0-9]+)\s*(?:[:h]|hours?)\s*)?
+                (?:
+                    (?:(?P<days>[0-9]+)\s*(?:[:d]|days?)\s*)?
+                    (?P<hours>[0-9]+)\s*(?:[:h]|hours?)\s*
+                )?
                 (?P<mins>[0-9]+)\s*(?:[:m]|mins?|minutes?)\s*
             )?
             (?P<secs>[0-9]+)(?P<ms>\.[0-9]+)?\s*(?:s|secs?|seconds?)?
@@ -1293,6 +1296,8 @@ def parse_duration(s):
         res += int(m.group('mins')) * 60
     if m.group('hours'):
         res += int(m.group('hours')) * 60 * 60
+    if m.group('days'):
+        res += int(m.group('days')) * 24 * 60 * 60
     if m.group('ms'):
         res += float(m.group('ms'))
     return res
@@ -1543,7 +1548,7 @@ def js_to_json(code):
     res = re.sub(r'''(?x)
         "(?:[^"\\]*(?:\\\\|\\")?)*"|
         '(?:[^'\\]*(?:\\\\|\\')?)*'|
-        [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*
+        [a-zA-Z_][.a-zA-Z_0-9]*
         ''', fix_kv, code)
     res = re.sub(r',(\s*\])', lambda m: m.group(1), res)
     return res