diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
index aa2923ccf..2e56d1df9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class BrightcoveLegacyIE(InfoExtractor):
         #   // build Brightcove <object /> XML
         # }
         m = re.search(
-            r'''(?x)customBC.\createVideo\(
+            r'''(?x)customBC\.createVideo\(
                 .*?                                                  # skipping width and height
                 ["\'](?P<playerID>\d+)["\']\s*,\s*                   # playerID
                 ["\'](?P<playerKey>AQ[^"\']{48})[^"\']*["\']\s*,\s*  # playerKey begins with AQ and is 50 characters