diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
index 2c5c88be8e..fdae17b1b8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tf1.py
@@ -1,33 +1,37 @@
 # coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import json
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 
+
 class TF1IE(InfoExtractor):
     """TF1 uses the wat.tv player."""
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://videos\.tf1\.fr/.*-(.*?)\.html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://videos\.tf1\.fr/.*-(?P<id>.*?)\.html'
     _TEST = {
-        u'url': u'http://videos.tf1.fr/auto-moto/citroen-grand-c4-picasso-2013-presentation-officielle-8062060.html',
-        u'file': u'10635995.mp4',
-        u'md5': u'2e378cc28b9957607d5e88f274e637d8',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u'title': u'Citroën Grand C4 Picasso 2013 : présentation officielle',
-            u'description': u'Vidéo officielle du nouveau Citroën Grand C4 Picasso, lancé à l\'automne 2013.',
+        'url': 'http://videos.tf1.fr/auto-moto/citroen-grand-c4-picasso-2013-presentation-officielle-8062060.html',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '10635995',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Citroën Grand C4 Picasso 2013 : présentation officielle',
+            'description': 'Vidéo officielle du nouveau Citroën Grand C4 Picasso, lancé à l\'automne 2013.',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            # Sometimes wat serves the whole file with the --test option
+            'skip_download': True,
         },
-        u'skip': u'Sometimes wat serves the whole file with the --test option',
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        id = mobj.group(1)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, id)
-        embed_url = self._html_search_regex(r'"(https://www.wat.tv/embedframe/.*?)"',
-                                webpage, 'embed url')
-        embed_page = self._download_webpage(embed_url, id, u'Downloading embed player page')
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        embed_url = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'"(https://www.wat.tv/embedframe/.*?)"', webpage, 'embed url')
+        embed_page = self._download_webpage(embed_url, video_id,
+            'Downloading embed player page')
         wat_id = self._search_regex(r'UVID=(.*?)&', embed_page, 'wat id')
-        wat_info = self._download_webpage('http://www.wat.tv/interface/contentv3/%s' % wat_id, id, u'Downloading Wat info')
-        wat_info = json.loads(wat_info)['media']
-        wat_url = wat_info['url']
-        return self.url_result(wat_url, 'Wat')
+        wat_info = self._download_json(
+            'http://www.wat.tv/interface/contentv3/%s' % wat_id, video_id)
+        return self.url_result(wat_info['media']['url'], 'Wat')