diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowvideo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowvideo.py
index 168ca8b9fa..dd665874d5 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nowvideo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nowvideo.py
@@ -1,46 +1,28 @@
-import re
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import compat_urlparse
+from .novamov import NovaMovIE
 
 
-class NowVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?nowvideo\.(?:ch|sx)/video/(?P<id>\w+)'
+class NowVideoIE(NovaMovIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'nowvideo'
+    IE_DESC = 'NowVideo'
+
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:(?:www\.)?%(host)s/video/|(?:(?:embed|www)\.)%(host)s/embed\.php\?(?:.*?&)?v=)(?P<videoid>[a-z\d]{13})' % {'host': 'nowvideo\.(?:ch|sx|eu)'}
+
+    _HOST = 'www.nowvideo.ch'
+
+    _FILE_DELETED_REGEX = r'>This file no longer exists on our servers.<'
+    _FILEKEY_REGEX = r'var fkzd="([^"]+)";'
+    _TITLE_REGEX = r'<h4>([^<]+)</h4>'
+    _DESCRIPTION_REGEX = r'</h4>\s*<p>([^<]+)</p>'
+
     _TEST = {
-        u'url': u'http://www.nowvideo.ch/video/0mw0yow7b6dxa',
-        u'file': u'0mw0yow7b6dxa.flv',
-        u'md5': u'f8fbbc8add72bd95b7850c6a02fc8817',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u"title": u"youtubedl test video _BaW_jenozKc.mp4"
+        'url': 'http://www.nowvideo.ch/video/0mw0yow7b6dxa',
+        'md5': 'f8fbbc8add72bd95b7850c6a02fc8817',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '0mw0yow7b6dxa',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 'youtubedl test video _BaW_jenozKc.mp4',
+            'description': 'Description',
         }
-    }
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-        webpage_url = 'http://www.nowvideo.ch/video/' + video_id
-        embed_url = 'http://embed.nowvideo.ch/embed.php?v=' + video_id
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(webpage_url, video_id)
-        embed_page = self._download_webpage(embed_url, video_id,
-            u'Downloading embed page')
-
-        self.report_extraction(video_id)
-
-        video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h4>(.*)</h4>',
-            webpage, u'video title')
-
-        video_key = self._search_regex(r'var fkzd="(.*)";',
-            embed_page, u'video key')
-
-        api_call = "http://www.nowvideo.ch/api/player.api.php?file={0}&numOfErrors=0&cid=1&key={1}".format(video_id, video_key)
-        api_response = self._download_webpage(api_call, video_id,
-            u'Downloading API page')
-        video_url = compat_urlparse.parse_qs(api_response)[u'url'][0]
-
-        return [{
-            'id':        video_id,
-            'url':       video_url,
-            'ext':       'flv',
-            'title':     video_title,
-        }]
+    }
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