Tou.TV Extra - ERROR: Unable to download webpage: '' (caused by BadStatusLine("''",))

[m-p-3]

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.09.02
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• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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C:\Program Files (x86)\YouTube-DL>youtube-dl.exe https://ici.tou.tv/hackers -u private@email.com --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://ici.tou.tv/hackers', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '--verbose']
Type account password and press [Return]:
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.09.02
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83749-g035e932
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[tou.tv] Downloading homepage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: '' (caused by BadStatusLine("''",)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmptra0egnk\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 503, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmptra0egnk\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2168, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmptra0egnk\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 930, in http_open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1186, in do_open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 1227, in getresponse
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 386, in begin
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\http\client.py", line 356, in _read_status

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Trying to download a video from the "extra" (subscription) section of the website doesn't work. I tried changing my password to something simpler just in case and it still doesn't work.

[dstftw]

Most likely a network issue on your side.