diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
index 051a34d5b8..9156d7fafd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
@@ -6,20 +8,20 @@
 class SpiegelIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?spiegel\.de/video/[^/]*-(?P<videoID>[0-9]+)(?:\.html)?(?:#.*)?$'
     _TESTS = [{
-        u'url': u'http://www.spiegel.de/video/vulkan-tungurahua-in-ecuador-ist-wieder-aktiv-video-1259285.html',
-        u'file': u'1259285.mp4',
-        u'md5': u'2c2754212136f35fb4b19767d242f66e',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u"title": u"Vulkanausbruch in Ecuador: Der \"Feuerschlund\" ist wieder aktiv"
-        }
+        'url': 'http://www.spiegel.de/video/vulkan-tungurahua-in-ecuador-ist-wieder-aktiv-video-1259285.html',
+        'file': '1259285.mp4',
+        'md5': '2c2754212136f35fb4b19767d242f66e',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Vulkanausbruch in Ecuador: Der "Feuerschlund" ist wieder aktiv',
+        },
     },
     {
-        u'url': u'http://www.spiegel.de/video/schach-wm-videoanalyse-des-fuenften-spiels-video-1309159.html',
-        u'file': u'1309159.mp4',
-        u'md5': u'f2cdf638d7aa47654e251e1aee360af1',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u'title': u'Schach-WM in der Videoanalyse: Carlsen nutzt die Fehlgriffe des Titelverteidigers'
-        }
+        'url': 'http://www.spiegel.de/video/schach-wm-videoanalyse-des-fuenften-spiels-video-1309159.html',
+        'file': '1309159.mp4',
+        'md5': 'f2cdf638d7aa47654e251e1aee360af1',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Schach-WM in der Videoanalyse: Carlsen nutzt die Fehlgriffe des Titelverteidigers',
+        },
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -29,17 +31,17 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         video_title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<div class="module-title">(.*?)</div>', webpage, u'title')
+            r'<div class="module-title">(.*?)</div>', webpage, 'title')
 
-        xml_url = u'http://video2.spiegel.de/flash/' + video_id + u'.xml'
+        xml_url = 'http://video2.spiegel.de/flash/' + video_id + '.xml'
         idoc = self._download_xml(
             xml_url, video_id,
-            note=u'Downloading XML', errnote=u'Failed to download XML')
+            note='Downloading XML', errnote='Failed to download XML')
 
         formats = [
             {
                 'format_id': n.tag.rpartition('type')[2],
-                'url': u'http://video2.spiegel.de/flash/' + n.find('./filename').text,
+                'url': 'http://video2.spiegel.de/flash/' + n.find('./filename').text,
                 'width': int(n.find('./width').text),
                 'height': int(n.find('./height').text),
                 'abr': int(n.find('./audiobitrate').text),
@@ -55,10 +57,9 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
-        info = {
+        return {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': video_title,
             'duration': duration,
             'formats': formats,
         }
-        return info