diff --git a/test/test_playlists.py b/test/test_playlists.py
index ee91e412ab..42051fe2ab 100644
--- a/test/test_playlists.py
+++ b/test/test_playlists.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     KhanAcademyIE,
     EveryonesMixtapeIE,
     RutubeChannelIE,
+    RutubePersonIE,
     GoogleSearchIE,
     GenericIE,
     TEDIE,
@@ -256,10 +257,18 @@ def test_EveryonesMixtape(self):
     def test_rutube_channel(self):
         dl = FakeYDL()
         ie = RutubeChannelIE(dl)
-        result = ie.extract('http://rutube.ru/tags/video/1409')
+        result = ie.extract('http://rutube.ru/tags/video/1800/')
         self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
-        self.assertEqual(result['id'], '1409')
-        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 34)
+        self.assertEqual(result['id'], '1800')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 68)
+
+    def test_rutube_person(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = RutubePersonIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('http://rutube.ru/video/person/313878/')
+        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
+        self.assertEqual(result['id'], '313878')
+        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 37)
 
     def test_multiple_brightcove_videos(self):
         # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/2283
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
index d4da08991d..acfc4ad736 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bliptv.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 class BlipTVIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:\w+\.)?blip\.tv/(?:(?:.+-|rss/flash/)(?P<id>\d+)|((?:play/|api\.swf#)(?P<lookup_id>[\da-zA-Z]+)))'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:\w+\.)?blip\.tv/(?:(?:.+-|rss/flash/)(?P<id>\d+)|((?:play/|api\.swf#)(?P<lookup_id>[\da-zA-Z+]+)))'
 
     _TESTS = [
         {