diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ndtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ndtv.py
index 95e7d63aad..2a1ca80df7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ndtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ndtv.py
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ class NDTVIE(InfoExtractor):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
         filename = self._search_regex(