diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
index 5bd3c00875..39a7aaf9d6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class SpiegelIE(InfoExtractor):
         description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, 'description')
 
         base_url = self._search_regex(
-            r'var\s+server\s*=\s*"([^"]+)\"', webpage, 'server URL')
+            [r'server\s*:\s*(["\'])(?P<url>.+?)\1', r'var\s+server\s*=\s*"(?P<url>[^"]+)\"'],
+            webpage, 'server URL', group='url')
 
         xml_url = base_url + video_id + '.xml'
         idoc = self._download_xml(xml_url, video_id)