diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
index 125c8a667..68ee5292b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class BrightcoveIE(InfoExtractor):
         <object class="BrightcoveExperience">{params}</object>
         """
         object_doc = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(object_str)
-        assert object_doc.attrib['class'] == u'BrightcoveExperience'
+        assert u'BrightcoveExperience' in object_doc.attrib['class']
         params = {'flashID': object_doc.attrib['id'],
                   'playerID': object_doc.find('./param[@name="playerID"]').attrib['value'],
                   }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index be9d29a63..33790741f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         self.report_extraction(video_id)
         # Look for BrigthCove:
-        m_brightcove = re.search(r'<object.+?class="BrightcoveExperience".+?</object>', webpage, re.DOTALL)
+        m_brightcove = re.search(r'<object.+?class=".*?BrightcoveExperience.*?".+?</object>', webpage, re.DOTALL)
         if m_brightcove is not None:
             self.to_screen(u'Brightcove video detected.')
             bc_url = BrightcoveIE._build_brighcove_url(m_brightcove.group())