diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
index 7cef3657d..cdc3d6024 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from ..compat import (
 )
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
+    dict_get,
     ExtractorError,
     extract_attributes,
     find_xpath_attr,
@@ -513,10 +514,7 @@ class BrightcoveNewIE(InfoExtractor):
         for video in re.findall(r'(?i)(<video[^>]+>)', webpage):
             attrs = extract_attributes(video)
                 
-            video_id    = attrs.get('data-brightcove-video-id')
-            if video_id is None:
-                video_id = attrs.get('data-video-id')
-
+            video_id    = dict_get(attrs, ['data-brightcove-video-id', 'data-video-id'])
             account_id  = attrs.get('data-account')
             player_id   = attrs.get('data-player')
             embed       = attrs.get('data-embed')