I also modified yt_dlp. But I do not remember what I changed. Have fun

yt_dlp/extractor/people.py

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+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class PeopleIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?people\.com/people/videos/0,,(?P<id>\d+),00\.html'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20995451,00.html',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'ref:20995451',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Astronaut Love Triangle Victim Speaks Out: “The Crime in 2007 Hasn’t Defined Us”',
+            'description': 'Colleen Shipman speaks to PEOPLE for the first time about life after the attack',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'duration': 246.318,
+            'timestamp': 1458720585,
+            'upload_date': '20160323',
+            'uploader_id': '416418724',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['BrightcoveNew'],
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        return self.url_result(
+            'http://players.brightcove.net/416418724/default_default/index.html?videoId=ref:%s'
+            % self._match_id(url), 'BrightcoveNew')