diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bfffb1f5f..3e6afca92 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+version <unreleased>
+
+Extractors
+* [rtve.es:alacarta] Fix extraction of some new URLs
+
+
 version 2017.12.31
 
 Core
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/rtve.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/rtve.py
index d9edf9da2..fa60ffd5e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/rtve.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/rtve.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ def _decrypt_url(png):
     hash_index = data.index('#')
     alphabet_data = data[:hash_index]
     url_data = data[hash_index + 1:]
+    if url_data[0] == 'H' and url_data[3] == '%':
+        # remove useless HQ%% at the start
+        url_data = url_data[4:]
 
     alphabet = []
     e = 0