diff --git a/test/test_subtitles.py b/test/test_subtitles.py
index 98d1afff4..c04fe6f22 100644
--- a/test/test_subtitles.py
+++ b/test/test_subtitles.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from youtube_dl.extractor import (
     NRKTVIE,
     RaiIE,
     VikiIE,
+    ThePlatformIE,
 )
 
 
@@ -385,5 +386,19 @@ class TestVikiSubtitles(BaseTestSubtitles):
         self.assertEqual(md5(subtitles['en']), 'b0b781eeb45efd3f6398a925b259150b')
 
 
+class TestThePlatformSubtitles(BaseTestSubtitles):
+    # from http://www.3playmedia.com/services-features/tools/integrations/theplatform/
+    # (see http://theplatform.com/about/partners/type/subtitles-closed-captioning/)
+    url = 'theplatform:JFUjUE1_ehvq'
+    IE = ThePlatformIE
+
+    def test_allsubtitles(self):
+        self.DL.params['writesubtitles'] = True
+        self.DL.params['allsubtitles'] = True
+        subtitles = self.getSubtitles()
+        self.assertEqual(set(subtitles.keys()), set(['en']))
+        self.assertEqual(md5(subtitles['en']), '97e7670cbae3c4d26ae8bcc7fdd78d4b')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py
index 1579822f2..5f24189cc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import binascii
 import hashlib
 
 
-from .subtitles import SubtitlesInfoExtractor
+from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
 )
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 _x = lambda p: xpath_with_ns(p, {'smil': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/SMIL21/Language'})
 
 
-class ThePlatformIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
+class ThePlatformIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
         (?:https?://(?:link|player)\.theplatform\.com/[sp]/(?P<provider_id>[^/]+)/
            (?P<config>(?:[^/\?]+/(?:swf|config)|onsite)/select/)?
@@ -104,15 +104,11 @@ class ThePlatformIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         captions = info.get('captions')
         if isinstance(captions, list):
             for caption in captions:
-                lang, src = caption.get('lang'), caption.get('src')
-                if lang and src:
-                    subtitles[lang] = src
-
-        if self._downloader.params.get('listsubtitles', False):
-            self._list_available_subtitles(video_id, subtitles)
-            return
-
-        subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, subtitles)
+                lang, src, mime = caption.get('lang', 'en'), caption.get('src'), caption.get('type')
+                subtitles[lang] = [{
+                    'ext': 'srt' if mime == 'text/srt' else 'ttml',
+                    'url': src,
+                }]
 
         head = meta.find(_x('smil:head'))
         body = meta.find(_x('smil:body'))