1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/stv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/stv.py
index d36a4b6e9..ba5661d74 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/stv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/stv.py
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ class STVPlayerIE(InfoExtractor):
         ptype, video_id = self._match_valid_url(url).groups()
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, fatal=False) or ''
-        props = (self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
-            r'<script[^>]+id="__NEXT_DATA__"[^>]*>({.+?})</script>',
-            webpage, 'next data', default='{}'), video_id,
-            fatal=False) or {}).get('props') or {}
+        props = self._search_nextjs_data(webpage, video_id, default='{}').get('props') or {}
         player_api_cache = try_get(
             props, lambda x: x['initialReduxState']['playerApiCache']) or {}