|  | @@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ class NBCNewsIE(ThePlatformIE):
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				|  |  |              'url': 'http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/dateline/full-episode--deadly-betrayal-386250819952',
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				|  |  |              'only_matching': True,
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				|  |  |          },
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				|  |  | +        {
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				|  |  | +            # From http://www.vulture.com/2016/06/letterman-couldnt-care-less-about-late-night.html
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				|  |  | +            'url': 'http://www.nbcnews.com/widget/video-embed/701714499682',
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				|  |  | +            'only_matching': True,
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				|  |  | +        },
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				|  |  |      ]
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				|  |  |      def _real_extract(self, url):
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				|  | @@ -289,18 +294,17 @@ class NBCNewsIE(ThePlatformIE):
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				|  |  |              webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
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				|  |  |              info = None
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				|  |  |              bootstrap_json = self._search_regex(
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				|  |  | -                r'(?m)var\s+(?:bootstrapJson|playlistData)\s*=\s*({.+});?\s*$',
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				|  |  | +                [r'(?m)(?:var\s+(?:bootstrapJson|playlistData)|NEWS\.videoObj)\s*=\s*({.+});?\s*$',
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				|  |  | +                 r'videoObj\s*:\s*({.+})', r'data-video="([^"]+)"'],
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				|  |  |                  webpage, 'bootstrap json', default=None)
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				|  |  | -            if bootstrap_json:
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				|  |  | -                bootstrap = self._parse_json(bootstrap_json, display_id)
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				|  |  | +            bootstrap = self._parse_json(
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				|  |  | +                bootstrap_json, display_id, transform_source=unescapeHTML)
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				|  |  | +            if 'results' in bootstrap:
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				|  |  |                  info = bootstrap['results'][0]['video']
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				|  |  | +            elif 'video' in bootstrap:
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				|  |  | +                info = bootstrap['video']
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				|  |  |              else:
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				|  |  | -                player_instance_json = self._search_regex(
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				|  |  | -                    r'videoObj\s*:\s*({.+})', webpage, 'player instance', default=None)
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				|  |  | -                if not player_instance_json:
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				|  |  | -                    player_instance_json = self._html_search_regex(
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				|  |  | -                        r'data-video="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'video json')
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				|  |  | -                info = self._parse_json(player_instance_json, display_id)
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				|  |  | +                info = bootstrap
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				|  |  |              video_id = info['mpxId']
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				|  |  |              title = info['title']
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