diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 08cb93d76..8a0f76d7e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ from .bpb import BpbIE
 from .br import BRIE
 from .breakcom import BreakIE
 from .brightcove import (
-    BrightcoveIE,
+    BrightcoveLegacyIE,
     BrightcoveInPageEmbedIE,
 )
 from .buzzfeed import BuzzFeedIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
index d494b8b67..4dbc2e975 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 
-class BrightcoveIE(InfoExtractor):
+class BrightcoveLegacyIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://.*brightcove\.com/(services|viewer).*?\?|brightcove:)(?P<query>.*)'
     _FEDERATED_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/htmlFederated?%s'
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 34d930a2d..8f99dd9b1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     xpath_text,
 )
 from .brightcove import (
-    BrightcoveIE,
+    BrightcoveLegacyIE,
     BrightcoveInPageEmbedIE,
 )
 from .nbc import NBCSportsVPlayerIE
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
                 urlrs, playlist_id=video_id, playlist_title=video_title)
 
         # Look for BrightCove:
-        bc_urls = BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_urls(webpage)
+        bc_urls = BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_urls(webpage)
         if bc_urls:
             self.to_screen('Brightcove video detected.')
             entries = [{
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
index b97f62fdb..dab487ea4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowness.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from .brightcove import BrightcoveIE
+from .brightcove import BrightcoveLegacyIE
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import ExtractorError
 from ..compat import (
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class NownessBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                             'http://www.nowness.com/iframe?id=%s' % video_id, video_id,
                             note='Downloading player JavaScript',
                             errnote='Unable to download player JavaScript')
-                        bc_url = BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_url(player_code)
+                        bc_url = BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_url(player_code)
                         if bc_url is None:
                             raise ExtractorError('Could not find player definition')
                         return self.url_result(bc_url, 'Brightcove')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/safari.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/safari.py
index a602af692..4f1f05c6a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/safari.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/safari.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .brightcove import BrightcoveIE
+from .brightcove import BrightcoveLegacyIE
 
 from ..compat import (
     compat_urllib_parse,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class SafariIE(SafariBaseIE):
             '%s/%s/chapter-content/%s.html' % (self._API_BASE, course_id, part),
             part)
 
-        bc_url = BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
+        bc_url = BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
         if not bc_url:
             raise ExtractorError('Could not extract Brightcove URL from %s' % url, expected=True)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py
index c2d0d36a6..2f190f764 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/space.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .brightcove import BrightcoveIE
+from .brightcove import BrightcoveLegacyIE
 from ..utils import RegexNotFoundError, ExtractorError
 
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class SpaceIE(InfoExtractor):
             brightcove_url = self._og_search_video_url(webpage)
         except RegexNotFoundError:
             # Other videos works fine with the info from the object
-            brightcove_url = BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
+            brightcove_url = BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
         if brightcove_url is None:
             raise ExtractorError(
                 'The webpage does not contain a video', expected=True)
-        return self.url_result(brightcove_url, BrightcoveIE.ie_key())
+        return self.url_result(brightcove_url, BrightcoveLegacyIE.ie_key())
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tlc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tlc.py
index 13263614c..d6d038a8d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tlc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tlc.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from .brightcove import BrightcoveIE
+from .brightcove import BrightcoveLegacyIE
 from .discovery import DiscoveryIE
 from ..compat import compat_urlparse
 
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ class TlcDeIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         return {
             '_type': 'url',
-            'url': BrightcoveIE._extract_brightcove_url(iframe),
-            'ie': BrightcoveIE.ie_key(),
+            'url': BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_url(iframe),
+            'ie': BrightcoveLegacyIE.ie_key(),
         }