diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/firsttv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/firsttv.py
index 08ceee4ed..6e015ca16 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/firsttv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/firsttv.py
@@ -8,45 +8,66 @@ from ..utils import int_or_none
 
 
 class FirstTVIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_NAME = 'firsttv'
-    IE_DESC = 'Видеоархив - Первый канал'
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:www\.)?1tv\.ru/videoarchive/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    IE_NAME = '1tv'
+    IE_DESC = 'Первый канал'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:www\.)?1tv\.ru/(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>.+)'
 
-    _TEST = {
+    _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.1tv.ru/videoarchive/73390',
-        'md5': '3de6390cf0cca4a5eae1d1d83895e5ad',
+        'md5': '777f525feeec4806130f4f764bc18a4f',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '73390',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'title': 'Олимпийские канатные дороги',
-            'description': 'md5:cc730d2bf4215463e37fff6a1e277b13',
-            'thumbnail': 'http://img1.1tv.ru/imgsize640x360/PR20140210114657.JPG',
+            'description': 'md5:d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.(?:jpg|JPG)$',
             'duration': 149,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'dislike_count': int,
         },
         'skip': 'Only works from Russia',
-    }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.1tv.ru/prj/inprivate/vypusk/35930',
+        'md5': 'a1b6b60d530ebcf8daacf4565762bbaf',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '35930',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Наедине со всеми. Людмила Сенчина',
+            'description': 'md5:89553aed1d641416001fe8d450f06cb9',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.(?:jpg|JPG)$',
+            'duration': 2694,
+        },
+        'skip': 'Only works from Russia',
+    }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, 'Downloading page')
 
         video_url = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'''(?s)jwplayer\('flashvideoportal_1'\)\.setup\({.*?'file': '([^']+)'.*?}\);''', webpage, 'video URL')
+            r'''(?s)(?:jwplayer\('flashvideoportal_1'\)\.setup\({|var\s+playlistObj\s*=).*?'file'\s*:\s*'([^']+)'.*?}\);''',
+            webpage, 'video URL')
 
         title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<div class="tv_translation">\s*<h1><a href="[^"]+">([^<]*)</a>', webpage, 'title')
+            [r'<div class="tv_translation">\s*<h1><a href="[^"]+">([^<]*)</a>',
+             r"'title'\s*:\s*'([^']+)'"], webpage, 'title')
         description = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<div class="descr">\s*<div>&nbsp;</div>\s*<p>([^<]*)</p></div>', webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
+            r'<div class="descr">\s*<div>&nbsp;</div>\s*<p>([^<]*)</p></div>',
+            webpage, 'description', default=None) or self._html_search_meta(
+                'description', webpage, 'description')
 
         thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
-        duration = self._og_search_property('video:duration', webpage, 'video duration', fatal=False)
+        duration = self._og_search_property(
+            'video:duration', webpage,
+            'video duration', fatal=False)
 
-        like_count = self._html_search_regex(r'title="Понравилось".*?/></label> \[(\d+)\]',
-                                             webpage, 'like count', fatal=False)
-        dislike_count = self._html_search_regex(r'title="Не понравилось".*?/></label> \[(\d+)\]',
-                                                webpage, 'dislike count', fatal=False)
+        like_count = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'title="Понравилось".*?/></label> \[(\d+)\]',
+            webpage, 'like count', default=None)
+        dislike_count = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'title="Не понравилось".*?/></label> \[(\d+)\]',
+            webpage, 'dislike count', default=None)
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,