diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
index fbbd9571f7..d7c38eaa46 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@
 )
 from .ebaumsworld import EbaumsWorldIE
 from .ebay import EbayIE
+from .educast import EducastChannelIE, EducastIE, EducastResultsIE
 from .egghead import (
     EggheadCourseIE,
     EggheadLessonIE,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/educast.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/educast.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f97d2c5480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/educast.py
@@ -0,0 +1,347 @@
+import re
+from urllib import parse
+
+from .common import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    InfoExtractor,
+)
+from ..networking import HEADRequest
+from ..utils import (
+    mimetype2ext,
+    traverse_obj,
+    unified_timestamp,
+)
+
+
+class EducastBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _API_BASE = 'https://educast.fccn.pt'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _paginate_and_collect(get_page_func, parse_func):
+        videos = []
+        page = 1
+        while True:
+            webpage = get_page_func(page)
+            if not webpage:
+                break
+            new_videos = parse_func(webpage)
+            found = False
+            for v in new_videos:
+                if not any(existing['id'] == v['id'] for existing in videos):
+                    videos.append(v)
+                    found = True
+            if not found:
+                break
+            page += 1
+        return videos
+
+
+class EducastIE(EducastBaseIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(www)?educast\.fccn\.pt/vod/clips/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'note': 'test for public Educast video downloading the merged format',
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/clips/2o06o2c6hm/streaming.html',
+        'md5': '264b3e2f0c6c5d3c8e1a86e57f21d0bc',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2o06o2c6hm',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Fundamentos de Bases de Dados',
+            'alt_title': '',
+            'description': '',
+            'uploader': 'Professor Luís Cavique',
+            'channel': 'UAB - Fundamentos de Base de dados',
+            'channel_url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/results?channel=k06h42n0w',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/img/clips/2o06o2c6hm/delivery/cover',
+            'categories': ['Tecnologia e Ciências Aplicadas', 'FCCN'],
+            'timestamp': 1410946740,
+            'upload_date': '20140917',
+            'license': 'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/pt/',
+            'duration': 1041,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'note': 'test for private Educast video downloading the merged format',
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/clips/jhwehqk9/streaming.html',
+        'md5': '242a4a8d1a84a4c3aab93771c3da244e',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'jhwehqk9',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': ' Exercícios 8B. Equações Diferenciais Parciais',
+            'alt_title': '',
+            'description': '',
+            'uploader': ' Rui Miguel Saramago',
+            'channel': 'Cálculo Diferencial e Integral III - Aulas de Recuperação',
+            'channel_url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/results?channel=2fudccnyj7',
+            'thumbnail': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/img/clips/jhwehqk9/delivery/cover',
+            'categories': ['Ciências Naturais e Matemática', 'Universidade de Lisboa'],
+            'license': 'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/',
+            'duration': 2756,
+        },
+        'skip': 'This video is private and requires authentication to access',
+    }, {
+        'note': 'test for deprecated streaming url, should rely on fallback',
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/clips/2by2fw4fkx/streaming.html',
+        'md5': '88055700118db7411d1cc0da48ca1747',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2by2fw4fkx',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Teoria 3A. Sistemas de Equaces Diferenciais Lineares de Primeira Ordem_',
+        },
+        'expected_warnings': ['Este vídeo não está preparado para HTML5'],
+        'skip': 'This video is private and requires authentication to access',
+    }]
+
+    def _extract_video_formats(self, video_json, video_id):
+        formats = []
+        dash_url = traverse_obj(video_json, ('dash', 'url'))
+        if dash_url:
+            formats += self._extract_mpd_formats(dash_url, video_id, mpd_id='dash', fatal=False)
+
+        hls_url = traverse_obj(video_json, ('hls', 'url'))
+        if hls_url:
+            formats += self._extract_m3u8_formats(hls_url, video_id, ext='mp4', entry_protocol='m3u8_native', fatal=False)
+
+        for f in formats:
+            f['format_id'] = video_json.get('role')
+
+        return formats
+
+    def _extract_from_json(self, video_id):
+        data_json_url = f'https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/clips/{video_id}/video_player/data.json'
+        try:
+            data_json = self._download_json(data_json_url, video_id)
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            self.report_warning(e)
+            return None
+        if data_json.get('error'):
+            self.report_warning(data_json.get('error'))
+            return None
+
+        formats = []
+        info = {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'formats': formats,
+            **traverse_obj(data_json, {
+                'title': ('clip', 'name', {str}),
+                'alt_title': ('subtitle', {str}),
+                'description': ('clipDescription', {str}),
+                'uploader': ('author', {str}),
+                'timestamp': ('timestamp', {unified_timestamp}, {lambda x: x - 3600}),
+                'thumbnail': ('cover', {str}),
+                'license': ('licenceURL', {str}),
+                'webpage_url': ('url', {str}),
+                'channel': ('channel', 'name', {str}),
+                'channel_url': ('channel', 'url', {str}),
+                'duration': ('videos', 0, 'duration', {int}),
+            }),
+            'categories': [cat for cat in (
+                traverse_obj(data_json, ('area', 'name'), expected_type=str),
+                traverse_obj(data_json, ('institution', 'name'), expected_type=str),
+            ) if cat],
+        }
+
+        for video_json in data_json.get('videos') or []:
+            formats.extend(self._extract_video_formats(video_json, video_id))
+
+        download_url = data_json.get('downloadURL')
+        if download_url:
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': 'merged',
+                'url': download_url,
+                'quality': 0,
+                'format_note': 'single stream, may be lower res',
+            })
+
+        return info
+
+    def _try_fallback(self, url, video_id):
+        # Last resort for videos with no working streaming option
+        KNOWN_BASENAMES = ['desktop.mp4', 'ipod.m4v', 'quicktime.mov']
+        for basename in KNOWN_BASENAMES:
+            format_url = url.replace('streaming.html', basename)
+            response = self._request_webpage(
+                HEADRequest(format_url), video_id,
+                note=f'Checking availability of {basename} fallback',
+                fatal=False, errnote=False)
+            if not response:
+                continue
+            ext = mimetype2ext(response.get_header('content-type'))
+            if ext not in ('mp4', 'm4v', 'mov'):
+                continue
+            title = None
+            ext_header = response.get_header('content-disposition')
+            if ext_header:
+                m = re.search(r'filename\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"', ext_header, re.IGNORECASE)
+                if m:
+                    title = m.group(1).strip().removesuffix(f'.{ext}')
+            return {
+                'id': video_id,
+                'title': title,
+                'url': format_url,
+            }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        return self._extract_from_json(video_id) or self._try_fallback(url, video_id)
+
+
+class EducastChannelIE(EducastBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'educast:channel'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?educast\.fccn\.pt/vod/channels/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)/?(?:$|[?#])'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'note': 'test for private Educast Channel',
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/channels/2o0eonmrak',
+        'info_dict':
+        {
+            'id': '2o0eonmrak',
+            'title': 'Vídeos Institucionais FCT-FCCN',
+            'description': str,
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 26,
+    }, {
+        'note': 'test for private Educast Channel',
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/channels/2fudccnyj7',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2fudccnyj7',
+            'title': 'Cálculo Diferencial e Integral III - Aulas de Recuperação',
+            'description': str,
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 26,
+        'skip': 'This channel is private and requires authentication to access',
+    }]
+
+    def _extract_video_links_from_html(self, webpage, ie_key):
+        videos_by_id = {}
+        pattern = r'href="https://educast\.fccn\.pt/vod/clips/(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)/(?P<option>[^?"/]+)'
+        for m in re.finditer(pattern, webpage or '', re.IGNORECASE):
+            video_id = m.group('id')
+            option = m.group('option')
+            if video_id not in videos_by_id:
+                videos_by_id[video_id] = []
+            videos_by_id[video_id].append(option)
+
+        videos = []
+        for video_id, candidates in videos_by_id.items():
+            # prefer 'streaming.html'
+            candidates.sort(key=lambda x: x[0] == 'streaming.html')
+            chosen_url = f'{EducastIE._API_BASE}/vod/clips/{video_id}/{candidates[0]}'
+            videos.append({
+                '_type': 'url',
+                'url': chosen_url,
+                'ie_key': ie_key,
+                'id': video_id,
+            })
+        return videos
+
+    def _extract_videos(self, url, channel_id, webpage=None):
+        def get_page(page):
+            url_parts = list(parse.urlparse(url))
+            query = parse.parse_qs(url_parts[4])
+            query['page'] = [str(page)]
+            url_parts[4] = parse.urlencode(query, doseq=True)
+            page_url = parse.urlunparse(url_parts)
+
+            return self._download_webpage(page_url, channel_id, note=f'Downloading page {page}', fatal=False)
+
+        def parse_func(page_result):
+            return self._extract_video_links_from_html(page_result, EducastIE.ie_key())
+
+        try:
+            videos = EducastIE._paginate_and_collect(get_page, parse_func)
+            if videos:
+                return videos
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        # Fallback: parse HTML for video links
+        return self._extract_video_links_from_html(webpage, EducastIE.ie_key())
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        channel_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, channel_id)
+        description = (
+            self._og_search_description(webpage, default=None)
+            or self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, default=None)
+            or self._html_search_regex(
+                r'<div[^>]+class="[^\"]*channel-description[^\"]*">([^<]+)',
+                webpage, 'description', default=None)
+        )
+        return {
+            '_type': 'playlist',
+            'id': channel_id,
+            'title': self._og_search_title(webpage, default='Unknown Channel'),
+            'description': description,
+            'entries': self._extract_videos(url, channel_id, webpage),
+        }
+
+
+class EducastResultsIE(EducastBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'educast:results'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?educast\.fccn\.pt/results\?(?P<params>(search|organization|category|channel)=[^#]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/results?search=Sat%C3%A9lite',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'search=Sat%C3%A9lite',
+            'title': 'Results for search=Satélite',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 1,
+        'params': {'max_downloads': 3},
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/results?organization=fccn.pt',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'organization=fccn.pt',
+            'title': 'Results for organization=fccn.pt',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 1,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/results?category=Technology%20&%20Applied%20sciences',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'category=Technology%20&%20Applied%20sciences',
+            'title': 'Results for category=Technology%20&%20Applied%20sciences',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 1,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://educast.fccn.pt/results?channel=16mfovn0pt',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'channel=16mfovn0pt',
+            'title': 'Results for channel=16mfovn0pt',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 1,
+    }]
+
+    def _extract_video_links_from_html(self, webpage, ie_key):
+        videos = []
+        for m in re.finditer(r'/vod/clips/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/streaming.html', webpage or '', re.IGNORECASE):
+            video_id = m.group(1)
+            url = f'{EducastIE._API_BASE}/vod/clips/{video_id}/streaming.html'
+            if not any(v['id'] == video_id for v in videos):
+                videos.append({
+                    '_type': 'url',
+                    'url': url,
+                    'ie_key': ie_key,
+                    'id': video_id,
+                })
+        return videos
+
+    def _extract_videos(self, params, webpage=None):
+        def get_page(page):
+            base_url = f'{EducastIE._API_BASE}/results?{params}'
+            url_parts = list(parse.urlparse(base_url))
+            query = parse.parse_qs(url_parts[4])
+            query['page'] = [str(page)]
+            url_parts[4] = parse.urlencode(query, doseq=True)
+            page_url = parse.urlunparse(url_parts)
+            return self._download_webpage(page_url, params, note=f'Downloading results page {page}', fatal=False)
+
+        def parse_func(webpage):
+            return self._extract_video_links_from_html(webpage, EducastIE.ie_key())
+        return EducastIE._paginate_and_collect(get_page, parse_func)
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        params = self._match_valid_url(url).group('params')
+        params_decoded = parse.unquote(params)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, params)
+        return {
+            '_type': 'playlist',
+            'id': params,
+            'title': f'Results for {params_decoded}',
+            'entries': self._extract_videos(params, webpage),
+        }