diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index eec8bff165..3a91e1a465 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@
 from .roxwel import RoxwelIE
 from .rtlnow import RTLnowIE
 from .rts import RTSIE
+from .rtve import RTVEALaCartaIE
 from .rutube import (
     RutubeIE,
     RutubeChannelIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/rtve.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/rtve.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77fd08ddec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/rtve.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+import base64
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    struct_unpack,
+)
+
+
+class RTVEALaCartaIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'rtve.es:alacarta'
+    IE_DESC = 'RTVE a la carta'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.rtve\.es/alacarta/videos/[^/]+/[^/]+/(?P<id>\d+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/balonmano/o-swiss-cup-masculina-final-espana-suecia/2491869/',
+        'md5': '18fcd45965bdd076efdb12cd7f6d7b9e',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2491869',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Balonmano - Swiss Cup masculina. Final: España-Suecia',
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _decrypt_url(self, png):
+        encrypted_data = base64.b64decode(png)
+        text_index = encrypted_data.find(b'tEXt')
+        text_chunk = encrypted_data[text_index-4:]
+        length = struct_unpack('!I', text_chunk[:4])[0]
+        # Use bytearray to get integers when iterating in both python 2.x and 3.x
+        data = bytearray(text_chunk[8:8+length])
+        data = [chr(b) for b in data if b != 0]
+        hash_index = data.index('#')
+        alphabet_data = data[:hash_index]
+        url_data = data[hash_index+1:]
+
+        alphabet = []
+        e = 0
+        d = 0
+        for l in alphabet_data:
+            if d == 0:
+                alphabet.append(l)
+                d = e = (e + 1) % 4
+            else:
+                d -= 1
+        url = ''
+        f = 0
+        e = 3
+        b = 1
+        for letter in url_data:
+            if f == 0:
+                l = int(letter)*10
+                f = 1
+            else:
+                if e == 0:
+                    l += int(letter)
+                    url += alphabet[l]
+                    e = (b + 3) % 4
+                    f = 0
+                    b += 1
+                else:
+                    e -= 1
+
+        return url
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        info = self._download_json(
+            'http://www.rtve.es/api/videos/%s/config/alacarta_videos.json' % video_id,
+            video_id)['page']['items'][0]
+        png_url = 'http://www.rtve.es/ztnr/movil/thumbnail/default/videos/%s.png' % video_id
+        png = self._download_webpage(png_url, video_id, 'Downloading url information')
+        video_url = self._decrypt_url(png)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': info['title'],
+            'url': video_url,
+            'thumbnail': info['image'],
+        }