diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/medialaan.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/medialaan.py
index f8c30052f..50d5db802 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/medialaan.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/medialaan.py
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ class MedialaanIE(GigyaBaseIE):
 
         vod_id = config.get('vodId') or self._search_regex(
             (r'\\"vodId\\"\s*:\s*\\"(.+?)\\"',
+             r'"vodId"\s*:\s*"(.+?)"',
              r'<[^>]+id=["\']vod-(\d+)'),
             webpage, 'video_id', default=None)