diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index f08f27480c..f1e5a5e867 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@
 from .pladform import PladformIE
 from .played import PlayedIE
 from .playfm import PlayFMIE
+from .plays import PlaysTVIE
 from .playtvak import PlaytvakIE
 from .playvid import PlayvidIE
 from .playwire import PlaywireIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/plays.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/plays.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2aba7cb9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/plays.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import int_or_none
+
+
+class PlaysTVIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?plays\.tv/video/(?P<id>[0-9a-f]{18})'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://plays.tv/video/56af17f56c95335490/when-you-outplay-the-azir-wall',
+        'md5': 'dfeac1198506652b5257a62762cec7bc',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '56af17f56c95335490',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'When you outplay the Azir wall',
+            'description': 'Posted by Bjergsen',
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
+        content = self._parse_json(
+            self._search_regex(r'R\.bindContent\(({.+?})\);', webpage,
+            'content'), video_id)['content']
+        mpd_url, sources = re.search(
+            r'(?s)<video[^>]+data-mpd="([^"]+)"[^>]*>(.+?)</video>',
+            content).groups()
+        formats = self._extract_mpd_formats(
+            self._proto_relative_url(mpd_url), video_id, mpd_id='DASH')
+        for format_id, height, format_url in re.findall(r'<source\s+res="((\d+)h?)"\s+src="([^"]+)"', sources):
+            formats.append({
+                'url': self._proto_relative_url(format_url),
+                'format_id': 'http-' + format_id,
+                'height': int_or_none(height),
+            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+            'formats': formats,
+        }