diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 1d1c05d42..aa235bec1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@
     FC2EmbedIE,
 )
 from .fczenit import FczenitIE
+from .filmon import (
+    FilmOnIE,
+    FilmOnChannelIE,
+)
 from .firstpost import FirstpostIE
 from .firsttv import FirstTVIE
 from .fivemin import FiveMinIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/filmon.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/filmon.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f775fe0ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/filmon.py
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import (
+    compat_str,
+    compat_HTTPError,
+)
+from ..utils import (
+    qualities,
+    strip_or_none,
+    int_or_none,
+    ExtractorError,
+)
+
+
+class FilmOnIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'filmon'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://(?:www\.)?filmon\.com/vod/view/|filmon:)(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.filmon.com/vod/view/24869-0-plan-9-from-outer-space',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '24869',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Plan 9 From Outer Space',
+            'description': 'Dead human, zombies and vampires',
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.filmon.com/vod/view/2825-1-popeye-series-1',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2825',
+            'title': 'Popeye Series 1',
+            'description': 'The original series of Popeye.',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 8,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        try:
+            response = self._download_json(
+                'https://www.filmon.com/api/vod/movie?id=%s' % video_id,
+                video_id)['response']
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError):
+                errmsg = self._parse_json(e.cause.read().decode(), video_id)['reason']
+                raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, errmsg), expected=True)
+            raise
+
+        title = response['title']
+        description = strip_or_none(response.get('description'))
+
+        if response.get('type_id') == 1:
+            entries = [self.url_result('filmon:' + episode_id) for episode_id in response.get('episodes', [])]
+            return self.playlist_result(entries, video_id, title, description)
+
+        QUALITY = qualities(('low', 'high'))
+        formats = []
+        for format_id, stream in response.get('streams', {}).items():
+            stream_url = stream.get('url')
+            if not stream_url:
+                continue
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': format_id,
+                'url': stream_url,
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'quality': QUALITY(stream.get('quality')),
+                'protocol': 'm3u8_native',
+            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        thumbnails = []
+        poster = response.get('poster', {})
+        thumbs = poster.get('thumbs', {})
+        thumbs['poster'] = poster
+        for thumb_id, thumb in thumbs.items():
+            thumb_url = thumb.get('url')
+            if not thumb_url:
+                continue
+            thumbnails.append({
+                'id': thumb_id,
+                'url': thumb_url,
+                'width': int_or_none(thumb.get('width')),
+                'height': int_or_none(thumb.get('height')),
+            })
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+        }
+
+
+class FilmOnChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'filmon:channel'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?filmon\.com/(?:tv|channel)/(?P<id>[a-z0-9-]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        # VOD
+        'url': 'http://www.filmon.com/tv/sports-haters',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '4190',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Sports Haters',
+            'description': 'md5:dabcb4c1d9cfc77085612f1a85f8275d',
+        },
+    }, {
+        # LIVE
+        'url': 'https://www.filmon.com/channel/filmon-sports',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.filmon.com/tv/2894',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    _THUMBNAIL_RES = [
+        ('logo', 56, 28),
+        ('big_logo', 106, 106),
+        ('extra_big_logo', 300, 300),
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        channel_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        try:
+            channel_data = self._download_json(
+                'http://www.filmon.com/api-v2/channel/' + channel_id, channel_id)['data']
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError):
+                errmsg = self._parse_json(e.cause.read().decode(), channel_id)['message']
+                raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, errmsg), expected=True)
+            raise
+
+        channel_id = compat_str(channel_data['id'])
+        is_live = not channel_data.get('is_vod') and not channel_data.get('is_vox')
+        title = channel_data['title']
+
+        QUALITY = qualities(('low', 'high'))
+        formats = []
+        for stream in channel_data.get('streams', []):
+            stream_url = stream.get('url')
+            if not stream_url:
+                continue
+            if not is_live:
+                formats.extend(self._extract_wowza_formats(
+                    stream_url, channel_id, skip_protocols=['dash', 'rtmp', 'rtsp']))
+                continue
+            quality = stream.get('quality')
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': quality,
+                # this is an m3u8 stream, but we are deliberately not using _extract_m3u8_formats
+                # because it doesn't have bitrate variants anyway
+                'url': stream_url,
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'quality': QUALITY(quality),
+            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        thumbnails = []
+        for name, width, height in self._THUMBNAIL_RES:
+            thumbnails.append({
+                'id': name,
+                'url': 'http://static.filmon.com/assets/channels/%s/%s.png' % (channel_id, name),
+                'width': width,
+                'height': height,
+            })
+
+        return {
+            'id': channel_id,
+            'display_id': channel_data.get('alias'),
+            'title': self._live_title(title) if is_live else title,
+            'description': channel_data.get('description'),
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'is_live': is_live,
+        }