diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/discoverynetworks.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/discoverynetworks.py
index fba1ef2218..607a549485 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/discoverynetworks.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/discoverynetworks.py
@@ -3,63 +3,38 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
 
-from .brightcove import BrightcoveLegacyIE
 from .dplay import DPlayIE
-from ..compat import (
-    compat_parse_qs,
-    compat_urlparse,
-)
-from ..utils import smuggle_url
 
 
 class DiscoveryNetworksDeIE(DPlayIE):
-    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<site>discovery|tlc|animalplanet|dmax)\.de/
-                        (?:
-                           .*\#(?P<id>\d+)|
-                           (?:[^/]+/)*videos/(?P<display_id>[^/?#]+)|
-                           programme/(?P<programme>[^/]+)/video/(?P<alternate_id>[^/]+)
-                        )'''
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<domain>(?:tlc|dmax)\.de|dplay\.co\.uk)/(?:programme|show)/(?P<programme>[^/]+)/video/(?P<alternate_id>[^/]+)'
 
     _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'http://www.tlc.de/sendungen/breaking-amish/videos/#3235167922001',
+        'url': 'https://www.tlc.de/programme/breaking-amish/video/die-welt-da-drauen/DCB331270001100',
         'info_dict': {
-            'id': '3235167922001',
+            'id': '78867',
             'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Breaking Amish: Die Welt da draußen',
-            'description': (
-                'Vier Amische und eine Mennonitin wagen in New York'
-                '  den Sprung in ein komplett anderes Leben. Begleitet sie auf'
-                ' ihrem spannenden Weg.'),
-            'timestamp': 1396598084,
-            'upload_date': '20140404',
-            'uploader_id': '1659832546',
+            'title': 'Die Welt da draußen',
+            'description': 'md5:61033c12b73286e409d99a41742ef608',
+            'timestamp': 1554069600,
+            'upload_date': '20190331',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'format': 'bestvideo',
+            'skip_download': True,
         },
     }, {
-        'url': 'http://www.dmax.de/programme/storage-hunters-uk/videos/storage-hunters-uk-episode-6/',
+        'url': 'https://www.dmax.de/programme/dmax-highlights/video/tuning-star-sidney-hoffmann-exklusiv-bei-dmax/191023082312316',
         'only_matching': True,
     }, {
-        'url': 'http://www.discovery.de/#5332316765001',
+        'url': 'https://www.dplay.co.uk/show/ghost-adventures/video/hotel-leger-103620/EHD_280313B',
         'only_matching': True,
     }]
-    BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://players.brightcove.net/1659832546/default_default/index.html?videoId=%s'
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        alternate_id = mobj.group('alternate_id')
-        if alternate_id:
-            self._initialize_geo_bypass({
-                'countries': ['DE'],
-            })
-            return self._get_disco_api_info(
-                url, '%s/%s' % (mobj.group('programme'), alternate_id),
-                'sonic-eu1-prod.disco-api.com', mobj.group('site') + 'de')
-        brightcove_id = mobj.group('id')
-        if not brightcove_id:
-            title = mobj.group('title')
-            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, title)
-            brightcove_legacy_url = BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
-            brightcove_id = compat_parse_qs(compat_urlparse.urlparse(
-                brightcove_legacy_url).query)['@videoPlayer'][0]
-        return self.url_result(smuggle_url(
-            self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % brightcove_id, {'geo_countries': ['DE']}),
-            'BrightcoveNew', brightcove_id)
+        domain, programme, alternate_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+        country = 'GB' if domain == 'dplay.co.uk' else 'DE'
+        realm = 'questuk' if country == 'GB' else domain.replace('.', '')
+        return self._get_disco_api_info(
+            url, '%s/%s' % (programme, alternate_id),
+            'sonic-eu1-prod.disco-api.com', realm, country)