diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/earthcams.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/earthcams.py
index 31a893de8..574e11516 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/earthcams.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/earthcams.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     urljoin,
+    int_or_none,
+    url_or_none,
+    try_get,
 )
 
 
@@ -25,25 +28,23 @@ class EarthCamsIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-
-        json_str = self._search_regex(r'var\sjson_base\s*=\s*(?P<jstr>{.*});', webpage, 'jstr')
+        json_str = self._search_regex(r'var\s+json_base\s*=\s*(?P<jstr>{\s*"cam"\s*:\s*{.*}.*});', webpage, 'jstr')
         json_base = self._parse_json(json_str, video_id)
-
-        title = json_base["cam"][video_id]["long_title"]
-        description = json_base["cam"][video_id]["description"]
-        thumbnail = json_base["cam"][video_id]["thumbimage"]
-        view_count = int(json_base["cam"][video_id]["streamviews"])
-
-        domain = json_base["cam"][video_id]["html5_streamingdomain"]
-        path = json_base["cam"][video_id]["html5_streampath"]
+        video_info = try_get(json_base, lambda x: x['cam'][video_id], dict) or {}
+        title = video_info.get("long_title")
+        description = video_info.get("description")
+        thumbnail = video_info.get("thumbimage")
+        view_count = int_or_none(video_info.get("streamviews"))
+        domain = video_info.get("html5_streamingdomain")
+        path = video_info.get("html5_streampath")
         m3u8_url = urljoin(domain, path)
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
             'formats': self._extract_m3u8_formats(m3u8_url, video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native'),
-            'title': title,
-            'description': description,
+            'title': title or self._og_search_title(webpage),
+            'description': description or self._og_search_description(webpage),
             'view_count': view_count,
             'is_live': True,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'thumbnail': url_or_none(thumbnail),
         }