Getting a Failed to parse JSON from Vice video locked videos.

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sudo youtube-dl --ap-mso eagle --ap-username my_email@my_email https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/new-jersey-drive/57683e3f5d83958b0dfc1103 --verbose
[debug] System config: ['--proxy', '192.168.1.216:8118']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--ap-mso', 'eagle', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', 'https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/new-jersey-drive/57683e3f5d83958b0dfc1103', '--verbose']
Type TV provider account password and press [Return]:
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.03
[debug] Python version 3.6.7 (CPython) - Linux-4.18.0-11-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-18.10-cosmic
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.2-2, ffprobe 4.0.2-2, phantomjs ., rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {'http': '192.168.1.216:8118', 'https': '192.168.1.216:8118'}
[vice] 57683e3f5d83958b0dfc1103: Downloading webpage
[vice] 57683e3f5d83958b0dfc1103: Retrieving Media Token
[vice] 57683e3f5d83958b0dfc1103: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: 57683e3f5d83958b0dfc1103: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); 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 "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 877, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/__init__.py", line 354, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/decoder.py", line 339, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/decoder.py", line 357, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 877, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/__init__.py", line 354, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/decoder.py", line 339, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/decoder.py", line 357, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py", line 164, in _real_extract
    video_id, query=query)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 870, in _download_json
    expected_status=expected_status)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 854, in _download_json_handle
    fatal=fatal), urlh
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 881, in _parse_json
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 57683e3f5d83958b0dfc1103: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); 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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### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *site support request* please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by **yours**):
- Single video: https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/new-jersey-drive/57683e3f5d83958b0dfc1103
- Single video: https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/the-sony-hack/577177f4db3251f521db358f


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### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information

Getting a Failed to parse JSON from Vice video locked videos. Able to get vice videos that are free. Able to watch from my credentials.