Can't save specific RTE shows but most work

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• [X ] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/rte-news-six-one-30003249/10963667/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.11.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Darwin-17.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.2, ffprobe 4.0.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[rte] 10964603: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: rte said: The content you are trying to view is not available. It may be restricted to another territory, or copyright has expired. (2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/rte.py", line 23, in _real_extract
    item_id)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 870, in _download_json
    expected_status=expected_status)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 848, in _download_json_handle
    expected_status=expected_status)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 638, in _download_webpage_handle
    urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 623, in _request_webpage
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
ExtractorError: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: NOT FOUND (caused by HTTPError()); 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/rte.py", line 30, in _real_extract
    expected=True)
ExtractorError: rte said: The content you are trying to view is not available. It may be restricted to another territory, or copyright has expired. (2)

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

This should be straightforward to explain and relates to the existing support of video extraction from the site rte.ie.

Basically, I can save most shows fine, such as: https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/women-on-the-verge-30006446/10964653/

The issue is when I attempt to save the pre-recorded news broadcast (https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/rte-news-six-one-30003249/10963667/), where youtube-dl returns RTEs own error that: "The content you are trying to view is not available. It may be restricted to another territory, or copyright has expired." and will not save it.

I am in the territory required to be able to view these shows and can confirm so with an IP check.

I can view them fine on the sites own players. The stranger thing, still, is that shows that are geo-restricted work fine, but the news broadcasts, which I believe can be viewed worldwide, return this error message - which is why I think this is a small bug in the RTE extractor and perhaps an oversight as the news is not something that may have been tested.

I cannot see a difference in video format between the news and other shows but something is preventing them from saving with youtube-dl and it's not territorial in this case.