Extractor error on Akamai AMP feed, KeyError: 'channel'

[AlJohri]

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youtube-dl --verbose --skip-download --write-sub "http://video.foxnews.com/v/4032976847001/"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--skip-download', '--write-sub', 'http://video.foxnews.com/v/4032976847001/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.04.17
[debug] Python version 3.6.0 - Darwin-16.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3, ffprobe 3.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[foxnews] Downloading Akamai AMP feed
ERROR: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('channel',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/johria/.virtualenvs/late-night-talk-show-analysis/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 429, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/Users/johria/.virtualenvs/late-night-talk-show-analysis/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/foxnews.py", line 65, in _real_extract
    'http://%s/v/feed/video/%s.js?template=fox' % (host, video_id))
  File "/Users/johria/.virtualenvs/late-night-talk-show-analysis/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/amp.py", line 18, in _extract_feed_info
    'Unable to download Akamai AMP feed')['channel']['item']
KeyError: 'channel'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/johria/.virtualenvs/late-night-talk-show-analysis/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 429, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/Users/johria/.virtualenvs/late-night-talk-show-analysis/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/foxnews.py", line 65, in _real_extract
    'http://%s/v/feed/video/%s.js?template=fox' % (host, video_id))
  File "/Users/johria/.virtualenvs/late-night-talk-show-analysis/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/amp.py", line 18, in _extract_feed_info
    'Unable to download Akamai AMP feed')['channel']['item']
KeyError: 'channel'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/johria/.virtualenvs/late-night-talk-show-analysis/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 760, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/Users/johria/.virtualenvs/late-night-talk-show-analysis/lib/python3.6/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 442, in extract
    raise ExtractorError('An extractor error has occurred.', cause=e)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: An extractor error has occurred. (caused by KeyError('channel',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Ran into an error while trying to download a video from foxnews using FoxNewIE. Seems to be a generic error related to the AMPIE.

[AlJohri]

Thanks @remitamine!