diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 6df89f814..649c0bce6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
             return self.url_result(mobj.group('url'))
 
         # Look for Ooyala videos
-        mobj = (re.search(r'player\.ooyala\.com/[^"?]+\?[^"]*?(?:embedCode|ec)=(?P<ec>[^"&]+)', webpage) or
+        mobj = (re.search(r'player\.ooyala\.com/[^"?]+[?#][^"]*?(?:embedCode|ec)=(?P<ec>[^"&]+)', webpage) or
                 re.search(r'OO\.Player\.create\([\'"].*?[\'"],\s*[\'"](?P<ec>.{32})[\'"]', webpage) or
                 re.search(r'SBN\.VideoLinkset\.ooyala\([\'"](?P<ec>.{32})[\'"]\)', webpage) or
                 re.search(r'data-ooyala-video-id\s*=\s*[\'"](?P<ec>.{32})[\'"]', webpage))