diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/thisav.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/thisav.py
index 505ba809e..591df8fb7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/thisav.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/thisav.py
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ class ThisAVIE(InfoExtractor):
             else:
                 info_dict = self._extract_jwplayer_data(
                     webpage, video_id, require_title=False)
+
         uploader = self._html_search_regex(
-            r': <a href="http://www\.thisav\.com/user/[0-9]+/(?:[^"]+)">([^<]+)</a>',
+            r': <a href="https?://www\.thisav\.com/user/[0-9]+/(?:[^"]+)">([^<]+)</a>',
             webpage, 'uploader name', fatal=False)
         uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(
-            r': <a href="http://www\.thisav\.com/user/[0-9]+/([^"]+)">(?:[^<]+)</a>',
+            r': <a href="https?://www\.thisav\.com/user/[0-9]+/([^"]+)">(?:[^<]+)</a>',
             webpage, 'uploader id', fatal=False)
 
         info_dict.update({