diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
index 443294e6f..717e151d9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from ..utils import (
 class BrightcoveIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://.*brightcove\.com/(services|viewer).*\?(?P<query>.*)'
     _FEDERATED_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/htmlFederated?%s'
-    _PLAYLIST_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://c.brightcove.com/services/json/experience/runtime/?command=get_programming_for_experience&playerKey=%s'
 
     _TESTS = [
         {
@@ -71,6 +70,17 @@ class BrightcoveIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'uploader': 'National Ballet of Canada',
             },
         },
+        {
+            # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/2253
+            'url': 'http://v.thestar.com/services/player/bcpid2071349530001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAuO4KaJE~,gatFNwSKdGDmDpIYqNJ-fTHn_c4z_LH_&bctid=3101154703001',
+            'file': '3101154703001.mp4',
+            'md5': '0ba9446db037002366bab3b3eb30c88c',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'title': 'Still no power',
+                'uploader': 'thestar.com',
+                'description': 'Mississauga resident David Farmer is still out of power as a result of the ice storm a month ago. To keep the house warm, Farmer cuts wood from his property for a wood burning stove downstairs.',
+            }
+        }
     ]
 
     @classmethod
@@ -131,6 +141,11 @@ class BrightcoveIE(InfoExtractor):
         """Try to extract the brightcove url from the wepbage, returns None
         if it can't be found
         """
+
+        url_m = re.search(r'<meta\s+property="og:video"\s+content="(http://c.brightcove.com/[^"]+)"', webpage)
+        if url_m:
+            return url_m.group(1)
+
         m_brightcove = re.search(
             r'''(?sx)<object
             (?:
@@ -183,8 +198,9 @@ class BrightcoveIE(InfoExtractor):
         return self._extract_video_info(video_info)
 
     def _get_playlist_info(self, player_key):
-        playlist_info = self._download_webpage(self._PLAYLIST_URL_TEMPLATE % player_key,
-                                               player_key, 'Downloading playlist information')
+        info_url = 'http://c.brightcove.com/services/json/experience/runtime/?command=get_programming_for_experience&playerKey=%s' % player_key
+        playlist_info = self._download_webpage(
+            info_url, player_key, 'Downloading playlist information')
 
         json_data = json.loads(playlist_info)
         if 'videoList' not in json_data: