Fox returning 404 when logging in

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youtube-dl.exe  --verbose --hls-prefer-native --ap-mso Comcast_SSO --ap-username PRIVATE --ap-password PRIVATE -o ".\Movies\Ghostbusters (2016).mp4" http://www.fox.com/watch/377fe32debca2c2555cd3777eaafe472/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--hls-prefer-native', '--ap-mso', 'Comcast_SSO', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', '-o', '.\\Movies\\Ghostbusters (2016).mp4', 'http://www.fox.com/watch/377fe32debca2c2555cd3777eaafe472/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.31
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-61620-ge555e1b, ffprobe git-2017-12-23-d02289c
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[FOX] 377fe32debca2c2555cd3777eaafe472: Downloading JSON metadata
[FOX] 377fe32debca2c2555cd3777eaafe472: Downloading Provider Redirect Page
[FOX] 377fe32debca2c2555cd3777eaafe472: Logging in
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: 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.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp89xz0pmt\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp89xz0pmt\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2212, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 502, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 685, in http_error_302
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 502, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 685, in http_error_302
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 502, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 685, in http_error_302
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 502, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 685, in http_error_302
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I'm getting the above error when attempting to download any movie off Fox. If I navigate directly to the webpage, I'm able to watch the movie.

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I was curious if this is reproducible by anyone else and if this is on the radar for being fixed in an upcoming release. Thanks for all you do on this project!

[cas4]

After updating to the latest version (2019.01.30.1), I'm now getting a slightly different error:

YouTube_dl Arguments: --verbose --hls-prefer-native --ap-mso Comcast_SSO --ap-username (private) --ap-password (private) -o ".\Movies\Ghostbusters (2016).mp4" http://www.fox.com/watch/377fe32debca2c2555cd3777eaafe472/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '--hls-prefer-native', '--ap-mso', 'Comcast_SSO', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', '-o', '.\Movies\Ghostbusters (2016).mp4', 'http://www.fox.com/watch/377fe32debca2c2555cd3777eaafe472/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.30.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-61620-ge555e1b, ffprobe git-2017-12-23-d02289c
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[FOX] Downloading JSON metadata
[FOX] 377fe32debca2c2555cd3777eaafe472: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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.
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp36zpl0n4\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp36zpl0n4\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2215, in urlopen
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

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