diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ooyala.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ooyala.py
index 995b24d1bd..eb957b8fef 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ooyala.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ooyala.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import base64
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_b64decode,
     compat_str,
-    compat_urllib_parse_urlencode,
 )
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 class OoyalaBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
     _PLAYER_BASE = 'http://player.ooyala.com/'
     _CONTENT_TREE_BASE = _PLAYER_BASE + 'player_api/v1/content_tree/'
-    _AUTHORIZATION_URL_TEMPLATE = _PLAYER_BASE + 'sas/player_api/v2/authorization/embed_code/%s/%s?'
+    _AUTHORIZATION_URL_TEMPLATE = _PLAYER_BASE + 'sas/player_api/v2/authorization/embed_code/%s/%s'
 
-    def _extract(self, content_tree_url, video_id, domain='example.org', supportedformats=None, embed_token=None):
+    def _extract(self, content_tree_url, video_id, domain=None, supportedformats=None, embed_token=None):
         content_tree = self._download_json(content_tree_url, video_id)['content_tree']
         metadata = content_tree[list(content_tree)[0]]
         embed_code = metadata['embed_code']
@@ -31,59 +31,62 @@ def _extract(self, content_tree_url, video_id, domain='example.org', supportedfo
         title = metadata['title']
 
         auth_data = self._download_json(
-            self._AUTHORIZATION_URL_TEMPLATE % (pcode, embed_code)
-            + compat_urllib_parse_urlencode({
-                'domain': domain,
+            self._AUTHORIZATION_URL_TEMPLATE % (pcode, embed_code),
+            video_id, headers=self.geo_verification_headers(), query={
+                'domain': domain or 'player.ooyala.com',
                 'supportedFormats': supportedformats or 'mp4,rtmp,m3u8,hds,dash,smooth',
                 'embedToken': embed_token,
-            }), video_id, headers=self.geo_verification_headers())
-
-        cur_auth_data = auth_data['authorization_data'][embed_code]
+            })['authorization_data'][embed_code]
 
         urls = []
         formats = []
-        if cur_auth_data['authorized']:
-            for stream in cur_auth_data['streams']:
-                url_data = try_get(stream, lambda x: x['url']['data'], compat_str)
-                if not url_data:
-                    continue
-                s_url = compat_b64decode(url_data).decode('utf-8')
-                if not s_url or s_url in urls:
-                    continue
-                urls.append(s_url)
-                ext = determine_ext(s_url, None)
-                delivery_type = stream.get('delivery_type')
-                if delivery_type == 'hls' or ext == 'm3u8':
-                    formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
-                        re.sub(r'/ip(?:ad|hone)/', '/all/', s_url), embed_code, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
-                        m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
-                elif delivery_type == 'hds' or ext == 'f4m':
-                    formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
-                        s_url + '?hdcore=3.7.0', embed_code, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
-                elif delivery_type == 'dash' or ext == 'mpd':
-                    formats.extend(self._extract_mpd_formats(
-                        s_url, embed_code, mpd_id='dash', fatal=False))
-                elif delivery_type == 'smooth':
-                    self._extract_ism_formats(
-                        s_url, embed_code, ism_id='mss', fatal=False)
-                elif ext == 'smil':
-                    formats.extend(self._extract_smil_formats(
-                        s_url, embed_code, fatal=False))
-                else:
-                    formats.append({
-                        'url': s_url,
-                        'ext': ext or delivery_type,
-                        'vcodec': stream.get('video_codec'),
-                        'format_id': delivery_type,
-                        'width': int_or_none(stream.get('width')),
-                        'height': int_or_none(stream.get('height')),
-                        'abr': int_or_none(stream.get('audio_bitrate')),
-                        'vbr': int_or_none(stream.get('video_bitrate')),
-                        'fps': float_or_none(stream.get('framerate')),
-                    })
-        else:
+        streams = auth_data.get('streams') or [{
+            'delivery_type': 'hls',
+            'url': {
+                'data': base64.b64encode(('http://player.ooyala.com/hls/player/all/%s.m3u8' % embed_code).encode()).decode(),
+            }
+        }]
+        for stream in streams:
+            url_data = try_get(stream, lambda x: x['url']['data'], compat_str)
+            if not url_data:
+                continue
+            s_url = compat_b64decode(url_data).decode('utf-8')
+            if not s_url or s_url in urls:
+                continue
+            urls.append(s_url)
+            ext = determine_ext(s_url, None)
+            delivery_type = stream.get('delivery_type')
+            if delivery_type == 'hls' or ext == 'm3u8':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    re.sub(r'/ip(?:ad|hone)/', '/all/', s_url), embed_code, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                    m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
+            elif delivery_type == 'hds' or ext == 'f4m':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_f4m_formats(
+                    s_url + '?hdcore=3.7.0', embed_code, f4m_id='hds', fatal=False))
+            elif delivery_type == 'dash' or ext == 'mpd':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_mpd_formats(
+                    s_url, embed_code, mpd_id='dash', fatal=False))
+            elif delivery_type == 'smooth':
+                self._extract_ism_formats(
+                    s_url, embed_code, ism_id='mss', fatal=False)
+            elif ext == 'smil':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_smil_formats(
+                    s_url, embed_code, fatal=False))
+            else:
+                formats.append({
+                    'url': s_url,
+                    'ext': ext or delivery_type,
+                    'vcodec': stream.get('video_codec'),
+                    'format_id': delivery_type,
+                    'width': int_or_none(stream.get('width')),
+                    'height': int_or_none(stream.get('height')),
+                    'abr': int_or_none(stream.get('audio_bitrate')),
+                    'vbr': int_or_none(stream.get('video_bitrate')),
+                    'fps': float_or_none(stream.get('framerate')),
+                })
+        if not formats and not auth_data.get('authorized'):
             raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (
-                self.IE_NAME, cur_auth_data['message']), expected=True)
+                self.IE_NAME, auth_data['message']), expected=True)
         self._sort_formats(formats)
 
         subtitles = {}