diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index ae7079a6a..d4825bbcb 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ from .joj import JojIE
 from .jwplatform import JWPlatformIE
 from .kakao import KakaoIE
 from .kaltura import KalturaIE
+from .kanal2 import Kanal2IE
 from .kanalplay import KanalPlayIE
 from .kankan import KankanIE
 from .karaoketv import KaraoketvIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/kanal2.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/kanal2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d14501b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/kanal2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from datetime import datetime
+import re
+import time
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    url_or_none,
+)
+
+
+class Kanal2IE(InfoExtractor):
+    SUBTITLE_DATE_RE = re.compile(r'\((\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{4}\s\d{2}:\d{2})\)$')
+
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://.+\.postimees\.ee/[^?]+\?(.*?&)?id=(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'note': 'Test standard url (#18547)',
+            'url': 'https://kanal2.postimees.ee/pluss/video/?id=40792',
+            'md5': 'cecaf3e17706d725b1f23e886b67f8d3',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '40792',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Aedniku aabits / Osa 53  (05.08.2016 20:00)',
+                'thumbnail': r're:https?://.*\.jpg$',
+                'description': 'md5:53cabf3c5d73150d594747f727431248',
+                'upload_date': '20160805',
+                'timestamp': 1470416400,
+            }
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        playlist = self.get_playlist(video_id)
+
+        info = {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': self.get_title(playlist['info']),
+            'description': playlist['info'].get('description'),
+            'webpage_url': playlist['data'].get('url'),
+            'thumbnail': playlist['data'].get('image'),
+            'formats': self.get_formats(playlist, video_id),
+            'timestamp': self.get_timestamp(playlist['info'].get('subtitle')),
+        }
+
+        return info
+
+    def get_title(self, info):
+        title = info['title']
+
+        if info['subtitle']:
+            title += ' / ' + info['subtitle']
+
+        return title
+
+    def get_timestamp(self, subtitle):
+        if not subtitle:
+            return None
+        # Extract timestamp from:
+        #  "subtitle": "Osa 53  (05.08.2016 20:00)",
+        match = self._search_regex(self.SUBTITLE_DATE_RE, subtitle, 'dateandtime', default=None)
+        if not match:
+            return None
+
+        # https://stackoverflow.com/a/27914405/2314626
+        date = datetime.strptime(match, '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M')
+        unixtime = time.mktime(date.timetuple())
+
+        try:
+            import pytz
+            # the time is always in this timezone
+            tz = pytz.timezone('Europe/Tallinn')
+            unixtime += tz.utcoffset(date).microseconds
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+
+        return unixtime
+
+    def get_formats(self, playlist, video_id):
+        formats = []
+        session = self.get_session(playlist['data']['path'], video_id)
+        sid = session.get('session')
+        for stream in playlist['data'].get('streams', []):
+            if not stream.get('file'):
+                continue
+            formats.append({
+                'protocol': 'm3u8',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'url': url_or_none(stream.get('file') + '&s=' + sid),
+            })
+
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return formats
+
+    def get_playlist(self, video_id):
+        url = 'https://kanal2.postimees.ee/player/playlist/%(video_id)s' % {'video_id': video_id}
+        query = {
+            'type': 'episodes',
+        }
+        headers = {
+            'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
+        }
+
+        return self._download_json(url, video_id, headers=headers, query=query)
+
+    def get_session(self, path, video_id):
+        url = 'https://sts.postimees.ee/session/register'
+        headers = {
+            'X-Original-URI': path,
+            'Accept': 'application/json',
+        }
+        session = self._download_json(url, video_id, headers=headers,
+                                      note='Creating session',
+                                      errnote='Error creating session')
+        if session['reason'] != 'OK':
+            raise ExtractorError('%s: Unable to obtain session' % self.IE_NAME)
+
+        return session