diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/rtlnow.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/rtlnow.py
index 963e0cc8f..e6fa0475e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/rtlnow.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/rtlnow.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def _real_extract(self,url):
             msg = clean_html(note_m.group(1))
             raise ExtractorError(msg)
 
-        video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<title>(?P<title>[^<]+)</title>',
+        video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<title>(?P<title>[^<]+?)( \| [^<]*)?</title>',
             webpage, u'title')
         playerdata_url = self._html_search_regex(r'\'playerdata\': \'(?P<playerdata_url>[^\']+)\'',
             webpage, u'playerdata_url')