diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
index d194f2564..13556d954 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class ArteTvIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class ArteTVPlus7IE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'arte.tv:+7'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.arte.tv/guide/(?P<lang>fr|de)/(?:(?:sendungen|emissions)/)?(?P<id>.*?)/(?P<name>.*?)(\?.*)?'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?arte\.tv/guide/(?P<lang>fr|de)/(?:(?:sendungen|emissions)/)?(?P<id>.*?)/(?P<name>.*?)(\?.*)?'
 
     @classmethod
     def _extract_url_info(cls, url):