diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 4b3092028..a4c944035 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ from .yapfiles import YapFilesIE
 from .yesjapan import YesJapanIE
 from .yinyuetai import YinYueTaiIE
 from .ynet import YnetIE
+from .yledl import YleDLIE
 from .youjizz import YouJizzIE
 from .youku import (
     YoukuIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/yledl.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/yledl.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e19e105e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/yledl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import subprocess
+import json
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class YleDLIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:areena|arenan).yle.fi/(?P<id>[0-9]-[0-9]+)'
+    _GEO_COUNTRIES = ['FI']
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://areena.yle.fi/1-4256816',
+        'md5': 'b9658c5960a8c2ca4ba8f1b0ff079df2',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1_iq074q8b',
+            'ext': 'mxf',
+            'title': 'Luottomies | Luottomies jouluspeciaali',
+            'description':
+                'Tommia harmittaa kun sukulaiset ovat tulossa pilaamaan '
+                'mukavan perhejoulun. Muuttuuko mieli isosta yllätyksestä? '
+                'Joulun erikoisjakson on ohjannut Jalmari Helander.',
+            'upload_date': '20171207',
+            'height': 1080,
+            'width': 1920,
+            'fps': 25,
+            'duration': 1302,
+            'timestamp': 1512633989,
+            'extractor': 'Kaltura',
+            'uploader_id': 'ovp@yle.fi',
+            'webpage_url_basename': '1-4256816',
+            'webpage_url': 'https://areena.yle.fi/1-4256816'
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        props = {}
+
+        # Get essential data
+        props['id'] = self._match_id(url)
+
+        cp = subprocess.run(["yle-dl", "-q", "--showmetadata", url], capture_output=True, encoding='utf-8')
+        cp.check_returncode()
+        yledl = json.loads(cp.stdout)[0]
+
+        props['title'] = yledl.get('title', '<none>')
+        description = yledl.get('description', None)
+        if description:
+            props['description'] = description
+
+        ysubs = yledl.get('subtitles', [])
+        subtitles = {}
+        for s in ysubs:
+            subtitles[s['language']] = [{'url': s['url']}]
+        props['subtitles'] = subtitles
+
+        formats = []
+        for f in yledl.get('flavors', []):
+            formats.append({
+                'url': f.get('url', ""),
+                'tbr': f.get('bitrate', None),
+                'width': f.get('width', None),
+                'height': f.get('height', None),
+                'protocol': 'm3u8',
+            })
+        props['formats'] = formats
+
+        return props