diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a31b676e3..f3e9e1b5f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+version <unreleased>
+
+Extractors
+* [discoverygo] Fix JSON data parsing (#11219, #11522)
+
+
 version 2017.01.05
 
 Extractors
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/discoverygo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/discoverygo.py
index c4e83b2c3..2042493a8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/discoverygo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/discoverygo.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     extract_attributes,
     int_or_none,
     parse_age_limit,
-    unescapeHTML,
     ExtractorError,
 )
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ class DiscoveryGoIE(InfoExtractor):
                 webpage, 'video container'))
 
         video = self._parse_json(
-            unescapeHTML(container.get('data-video') or container.get('data-json')),
+            container.get('data-video') or container.get('data-json'),
             display_id)
 
         title = video['name']