diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index c6ac4753e..dea97920b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ from .ninecninemedia import (
 from .ninegag import NineGagIE
 from .ninenow import NineNowIE
 from .nintendo import NintendoIE
+from .nobelprize import NobelPrizeIE
 from .noco import NocoIE
 from .normalboots import NormalbootsIE
 from .nosvideo import NosVideoIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nobelprize.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nobelprize.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dfdb09d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nobelprize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    js_to_json,
+    mimetype2ext,
+    determine_ext,
+    update_url_query,
+    get_element_by_attribute,
+    int_or_none,
+)
+
+
+class NobelPrizeIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?nobelprize\.org/mediaplayer.*?\bid=(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/?id=2636',
+        'md5': '04c81e5714bb36cc4e2232fee1d8157f',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2636',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics',
+            'description': 'md5:05beba57f4f5a4bbd4cf2ef28fcff739',
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        media = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'(?s)var\s*config\s*=\s*({.+?});', webpage,
+            'config'), video_id, js_to_json)['media']
+        title = media['title']
+
+        formats = []
+        for source in media.get('source', []):
+            source_src = source.get('src')
+            if not source_src:
+                continue
+            ext = mimetype2ext(source.get('type')) or determine_ext(source_src)
+            if ext == 'm3u8':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    source_src, video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                    m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
+            elif ext == 'f4m':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                    update_url_query(source_src, {'hdcore': '3.7.0'}),
+                    video_id, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+            else:
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': source_src,
+                })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': get_element_by_attribute('itemprop', 'description', webpage),
+            'duration': int_or_none(media.get('duration')),
+            'formats': formats,
+        }