diff --git a/bridges/ARDMediathekBridge.php b/bridges/ARDMediathekBridge.php
index 5ac8a41d..e3c9967a 100644
--- a/bridges/ARDMediathekBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/ARDMediathekBridge.php
@@ -4,14 +4,48 @@ class ARDMediathekBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 	const URI = 'https://www.ardmediathek.de';
 	const DESCRIPTION = 'Feed of any series in the ARD-Mediathek, specified by its path';
 	const MAINTAINER = 'yue-dongchen';
+	/*
+	 * Number of Items to be requested from ARDmediathek API
+	 * 12 has been observed on the wild
+	 * 29 is the highest successfully tested value
+	 * More Items could be fetched via pagination
+	 * The JSON-field pagination holds more information on that
+	 * @const PAGESIZE number of requested items
+	 */
+	const PAGESIZE = 29;
+	/*
+	 * The URL Prefix of the (Webapp-)API
+	 * @const APIENDPOINT https-URL of the used endpoint
+	 */
+	const APIENDPOINT = 'https://api.ardmediathek.de/page-gateway/widgets/ard/asset/';
+	/*
+	 * The URL prefix of the video link
+	 * URLs from the webapp include a slug containing titles of show, episode, and tv station.
+	 * It seems to work without that.
+	 * @const VIDEOLINKPREFIX https-URL prefix of video links
+	 */
+	const VIDEOLINKPREFIX = 'https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/';
+	/*
+	 * The requested width of the preview image
+	 * 432 has been observed on the wild
+	 * The webapp seems to also compute and add the height value
+	 * It seems to works without that.
+	 * @const IMAGEWIDTH width in px of the preview image
+	 */
+	const IMAGEWIDTH = 432;
+	/*
+	 * Placeholder that will be replace by IMAGEWIDTH in the preview image URL
+	 * @const IMAGEWIDTHPLACEHOLDER
+	 */
+	const IMAGEWIDTHPLACEHOLDER = '{width}';
 
 	const PARAMETERS = array(
 		array(
 			'path' => array(
-				'name' => 'Path',
+				'name' => 'Show Link or ID',
 				'required' => true,
-				'title' => 'Enter without trailing slash',
-				'defaultValue' => '45-min/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS8xMzkx'
+				'title' => 'Link to the show page or just its alphanumeric suffix',
+				'defaultValue' => 'https://www.ardmediathek.de/sendung/45-min/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS8xMzkx/'
 			)
 		)
 	);
@@ -19,17 +53,38 @@ class ARDMediathekBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 	public function collectData() {
 		date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Berlin');
 
-		$url = 'https://www.ardmediathek.de/sendung/' . $this->getInput('path') . '/';
-		$html = getSimpleHTMLDOM($url);
-		$html = defaultLinkTo($html, $url);
+		$pathComponents = explode('/', $this->getInput('path'));
+		if (empty($pathComponents)) {
+			returnClientError('Path may not be empty');
+		}
+		if (count($pathComponents) < 2) {
+			$showID = $pathComponents[0];
+		} else {
+			$lastKey = count($pathComponents) - 1;
+			$showID = $pathComponents[$lastKey];
+			if (strlen($showID) === 0) {
+				$showID = $pathComponents[$lastKey - 1];
+			}
+		}
 
-		foreach($html->find('a.Root-sc-1ytw7qu-0') as $video) {
+		$url = SELF::APIENDPOINT . $showID . '/?pageSize=' . SELF::PAGESIZE;
+		$rawJSON = getContents($url);
+		$processedJSON = json_decode($rawJSON);
+
+		foreach($processedJSON->teasers as $video) {
 			$item = array();
-			$item['uri'] = $video->href;
-			$item['title'] = $video->find('h3', 0)->plaintext;
-			$item['content'] = '<img src="' . $video->find('img', 0)->src . '" />';
-			$item['timestamp'] = strtotime(mb_substr($video->find('div.Line-epbftj-1', 0)->plaintext, 0, 10));
-
+			// there is also ->links->self->id, ->links->self->urlId, ->links->target->id, ->links->target->urlId
+			$item['uri'] = SELF::VIDEOLINKPREFIX . $video->id . '/';
+			// there is also ->mediumTitle and ->shortTitle
+			$item['title'] = $video->longTitle;
+			// in the test, aspect16x9 was the only child of images, not sure whether that is always true
+			$item['enclosures'] = array(
+				str_replace(SELF::IMAGEWIDTHPLACEHOLDER, SELF::IMAGEWIDTH, $video->images->aspect16x9->src)
+			);
+			$item['content'] = '<img src="' . $item['enclosures'][0] . '" /><p>';
+			$item['timestamp'] = $video->broadcastedOn;
+			$item['uid'] = $video->id;
+			$item['author'] = $video->publicationService->name;
 			$this->items[] = $item;
 		}
 	}