diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ctsnews.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ctsnews.py
index 0226f8036..45049bf37 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ctsnews.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ctsnews.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 
 class CtsNewsIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = '華視新聞'
     # https connection failed (Connection reset)
     _VALID_URL = r'http://news\.cts\.com\.tw/[a-z]+/[a-z]+/\d+/(?P<id>\d+)\.html'
     _TESTS = [{