diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/acorntv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/acorntv.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0a4eedc7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/acorntv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class AcornTVIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?acorn\.tv/.*'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://acorn.tv/darkages/thedarkagesanageoflight/the-clash-of-the-gods',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'ref:D7718E01',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'The Dark Ages: An Age of Light, Episode 1: The Clash of the Gods',
+            'description': 'DARKAGES_SR1_EP1',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'duration': 3575.2,
+            'timestamp': 1435154967,
+            'upload_date': '20150624',
+            'uploader_id': '3047407010001',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['BrightcoveNew'],
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, 'video')
+
+        video_id = re.findall(r'data-video-id=\"(.*)\"', webpage)[0]
+
+        return self.url_result(
+            'http://players.brightcove.net/3047407010001/default_default/index.html?videoId=%s'
+            % video_id, 'BrightcoveNew')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index de48a37ad..8629524e0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from .acast import (
     ACastIE,
     ACastChannelIE,
 )
+from .acorntv import AcornTVIE
 from .addanime import AddAnimeIE
 from .adn import ADNIE
 from .adobetv import (