diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py
index 32f31fdd7..356631700 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/screencast.py
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ class ScreencastIE(InfoExtractor):
         title = self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None)
         if title is None:
             title = self._html_search_regex(
-                [r'<b>Title:</b> ([^<]*)</div>',
-                 r'class="tabSeperator">></span><span class="tabText">(.*?)<',
-                 r'<title>([^<]*)</title>'],
+                [r'<b>Title:</b> ([^<]+)</div>',
+                 r'class="tabSeperator">></span><span class="tabText">(.+?)<',
+                 r'<title>([^<]+)</title>'],
                 webpage, 'title')
         thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
         description = self._og_search_description(webpage, default=None)