diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tvp.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tvp.py
index 2446d4404..66cf07d32 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tvp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tvp.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from .common import InfoExtractor, ExtractorError