diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/la7.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/la7.py
index c3b4ffa7e3..f5d4564faf 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/la7.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/la7.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    js_to_json,
     smuggle_url,
 )
 
@@ -23,21 +22,12 @@ class LA7IE(InfoExtractor):
             'id': '0_42j6wd36',
             'ext': 'mp4',
             'title': 'Inc.Cool8',
-            'description': 'Benvenuti nell\'incredibile mondo della INC. COOL. 8. dove “INC.” sta per “Incorporated” “COOL” sta per “fashion” ed Eight sta per il gesto  atletico',
+            'description': 'Benvenuti nell\'incredibile mondo della INC. COOL. 8. dove “INC.” sta per “Incorporated” “COOL” sta per “fashion” ed Eight sta per il gesto atletico',
             'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*',
             'uploader_id': 'kdla7pillole@iltrovatore.it',
             'timestamp': 1443814869,
             'upload_date': '20151002',
         },
-    }, {
-        # 'src' is a dictionary
-        'url': 'http://tg.la7.it/repliche-tgla7?id=189080',
-        'md5': '6b0d8888d286e39870208dfeceaf456b',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '189080',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'TG LA7',
-        },
     }, {
         'url': 'http://www.la7.it/omnibus/rivedila7/omnibus-news-02-07-2016-189077',
         'only_matching': True,
@@ -48,20 +38,19 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
-        player_data = self._parse_json(
-            self._search_regex(
-                [r'(?s)videoParams\s*=\s*({.+?});', r'videoLa7\(({[^;]+})\);'],
-                webpage, 'player data'),
-            video_id, transform_source=js_to_json)
+        player_data = self._search_regex(
+            [r'(?s)videoParams\s*=\s*({.+?});', r'videoLa7\(({[^;]+})\);'],
+            webpage, 'player data')
+        vid = self._search_regex(r'vid\s*:\s*"(.+?)",', player_data, 'vid')
 
         return {
             '_type': 'url_transparent',
-            'url': smuggle_url('kaltura:103:%s' % player_data['vid'], {
+            'url': smuggle_url('kaltura:103:%s' % vid, {
                 'service_url': 'http://nkdam.iltrovatore.it',
             }),
             'id': video_id,
-            'title': player_data['title'],
+            'title': self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None),
             'description': self._og_search_description(webpage, default=None),
-            'thumbnail': player_data.get('poster'),
+            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage, default=None),
             'ie_key': 'Kaltura',
         }