diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 725ebec04..acc0b03bd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ from .collegerama import CollegeRamaIE
 from .comedycentral import ComedyCentralIE, ComedyCentralShowsIE
 from .comcarcoff import ComCarCoffIE
 from .commonmistakes import CommonMistakesIE, UnicodeBOMIE
+from .commonprotocols import RtmpIE
 from .condenast import CondeNastIE
 from .cracked import CrackedIE
 from .crackle import CrackleIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/commonprotocols.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/commonprotocols.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d130a170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/commonprotocols.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import os
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import (
+    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
+    compat_urlparse,
+)
+from ..utils import url_basename
+
+
+class RtmpIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = False  # Do not list
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?i)rtmp[est]?://.+'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'rtmp://cp44293.edgefcs.net/ondemand?auth=daEcTdydfdqcsb8cZcDbAaCbhamacbbawaS-bw7dBb-bWG-GqpGFqCpNCnGoyL&aifp=v001&slist=public/unsecure/audio/2c97899446428e4301471a8cb72b4b97--audio--pmg-20110908-0900a_flv_aac_med_int.mp4',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'rtmp://edge.live.hitbox.tv/live/dimak',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(os.path.splitext(url.rstrip('/').split('/')[-1])[0])
+        title = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(os.path.splitext(url_basename(url))[0])
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': [{
+                'url': url,
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'format_id': compat_urlparse.urlparse(url).scheme,
+            }],
+        }