diff --git a/modules/dailymotion/pages.py b/modules/dailymotion/pages.py
index 5015705e..01b8eccb 100644
--- a/modules/dailymotion/pages.py
+++ b/modules/dailymotion/pages.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class IndexPage(BasePage):
             video = DailymotionVideo(_id)
             video.title = unicode(self.parser.select(div, 'h3 a', 1).text).strip()
             video.author = unicode(self.parser.select(div, 'div.dmpi_user_login', 1).find('a').find('span').text).strip()
-            video.description = html2text(self.parser.tostring(self.parser.select(div, 'div.dmpi_video_description', 1))).strip()
+            video.description = html2text(self.parser.tostring(self.parser.select(div, 'div.dmpi_video_description', 1))).strip() or unicode()
             try:
                 parts = self.parser.select(div, 'div.duration', 1).text.split(':')
             except BrokenPageError:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class IndexPage(BasePage):
             url = re.sub('\?\d+', '', url)
             # use the bigger thumbnail
             url = url.replace('jpeg_preview_medium.jpg', 'jpeg_preview_large.jpg')
-            video.thumbnail = Thumbnail(url)
+            video.thumbnail = Thumbnail(unicode(url))
 
             rating_div = self.parser.select(div, 'div.small_stars', 1)
             video.rating_max = self.get_rate(rating_div)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class VideoPage(BasePage):
         video.title = unicode(self.parser.select(div, 'span.title', 1).text).strip()
         video.author = unicode(self.parser.select(div, 'a.name, span.name', 1).text).strip()
         try:
-            video.description = html2text(self.parser.tostring(self.parser.select(div, 'div#video_description', 1))).strip()
+            video.description = html2text(self.parser.tostring(self.parser.select(div, 'div#video_description', 1))).strip() or unicode()
         except BrokenPageError:
             video.description = u''
         for script in self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'div.dmco_html'):
diff --git a/modules/ehentai/pages.py b/modules/ehentai/pages.py
index 8afc7cd2..4b627e16 100644
--- a/modules/ehentai/pages.py
+++ b/modules/ehentai/pages.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class GalleryPage(BasePage):
             thumbnail_style = self.document.xpath("//div[@class='gdtm']/div/attribute::style")[0]
             thumbnail_url = re.search(r"background:[^;]+url\((.+?)\)", thumbnail_style).group(1)
 
-        gallery.thumbnail = Thumbnail(thumbnail_url)
+        gallery.thumbnail = Thumbnail(unicode(thumbnail_url))
 
     def _prev_page_link(self):
         try:
diff --git a/modules/francetelevisions/pages.py b/modules/francetelevisions/pages.py
index 27ee7d52..9d3db11d 100644
--- a/modules/francetelevisions/pages.py
+++ b/modules/francetelevisions/pages.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class IndexPage(BasePage):
                                                minute)
 
             url = self.parser.select(div, 'img.illustration', 1).attrib['src']
-            video.thumbnail = Thumbnail('http://www.pluzz.fr/%s' % url)
+            video.thumbnail = Thumbnail(u'http://www.pluzz.fr/%s' % url)
 
             yield video
 
diff --git a/modules/francetelevisions/video.py b/modules/francetelevisions/video.py
index 199acf40..52d97206 100644
--- a/modules/francetelevisions/video.py
+++ b/modules/francetelevisions/video.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ __all__ = ['PluzzVideo']
 class PluzzVideo(BaseVideo):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         BaseVideo.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.ext = 'wmv'
+        self.ext = u'wmv'
 
     @classmethod
     def id2url(cls, _id):
diff --git a/modules/ina/pages/search.py b/modules/ina/pages/search.py
index 426ff34e..623ccd97 100644
--- a/modules/ina/pages/search.py
+++ b/modules/ina/pages/search.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class SearchPage(BasePage):
 
             video = InaVideo('boutique.%s' % id)
 
-            video.thumbnail = Thumbnail('http://boutique.ina.fr%s' % li.find('a').find('img').attrib['src'])
+            video.thumbnail = Thumbnail(u'http://boutique.ina.fr%s' % li.find('a').find('img').attrib['src'])
 
-            video.title = self.parser.select(li, 'p.titre', 1).text
+            video.title = unicode(self.parser.select(li, 'p.titre', 1).text)
 
             date = self.parser.select(li, 'p.date', 1).text
             day, month, year = [int(s) for s in date.split('/')]
diff --git a/modules/ina/pages/video.py b/modules/ina/pages/video.py
index 37c28050..aa951190 100644
--- a/modules/ina/pages/video.py
+++ b/modules/ina/pages/video.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class BaseVideoPage(BasePage):
         qs = parse_qs(self.document.getroot().cssselect('param[name="flashvars"]')[0].attrib['value'])
         s = self.browser.readurl('http://boutique.ina.fr/player/infovideo/id_notice/%s' % qs['id_notice'][0])
         s = s[s.find('<Media>')+7:s.find('</Media>')]
-        return '%s/pkey/%s' % (s, qs['pkey'][0])
+        return u'%s/pkey/%s' % (s, qs['pkey'][0])
 
     def parse_date_and_duration(self, text):
         duration_regexp = re.compile('(.* - )?(.+) - ((.+)h)?((.+)min)?(.+)s')
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ class VideoPage(BaseVideoPage):
 
     def get_title(self):
         qr = self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'div.container-global-qr')[0].find('div').findall('div')[1]
-        return qr.find('h2').text.strip()
+        return unicode(qr.find('h2').text.strip())
 
     def get_description(self):
-        return self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'div.container-global-qr')[1].find('div').find('p').text.strip()
+        return unicode(self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'div.container-global-qr')[1].find('div').find('p').text.strip())
 
 
 class BoutiqueVideoPage(BaseVideoPage):
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class BoutiqueVideoPage(BaseVideoPage):
     def get_description(self):
         el = self.document.getroot().cssselect('div.bloc-produit-haut div.contenu p')[0]
         if el is not None:
-            return el.text.strip()
+            return unicode(el.text.strip())
 
     def get_date_and_duration(self):
         el = self.document.getroot().cssselect('div.bloc-produit-haut p.date')[0]
diff --git a/modules/radiofrance/backend.py b/modules/radiofrance/backend.py
index 5fabe340..7c53df9b 100644
--- a/modules/radiofrance/backend.py
+++ b/modules/radiofrance/backend.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class RadioFranceBackend(BaseBackend, ICapRadio, ICapCollection, ICapVideo):
     def fill_video(self, video, fields):
         if 'url' in fields:
             with self.browser:
-                video.url = self.browser.get_url(video.id)
+                video.url = unicode(self.browser.get_url(video.id))
 
         return video
 
diff --git a/modules/radiofrance/browser.py b/modules/radiofrance/browser.py
index e34f4c14..2305889f 100644
--- a/modules/radiofrance/browser.py
+++ b/modules/radiofrance/browser.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class RadioFranceVideo(BaseVideo):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         BaseVideo.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.ext = 'mp3'
+        self.ext = u'mp3'
 
     @classmethod
     def id2url(cls, _id):
diff --git a/modules/youjizz/pages/index.py b/modules/youjizz/pages/index.py
index 42c99275..8641a5b6 100644
--- a/modules/youjizz/pages/index.py
+++ b/modules/youjizz/pages/index.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import re
 
 from weboob.tools.browser import BasePage, BrokenPageError
 from weboob.tools.capabilities.thumbnail import Thumbnail
+from weboob.tools.misc import to_unicode
 
 from ..video import YoujizzVideo
 
@@ -40,10 +41,10 @@ class IndexPage(BasePage):
 
             video = YoujizzVideo(_id)
 
-            video.thumbnail = Thumbnail(span.find('.//img').attrib['src'])
+            video.thumbnail = Thumbnail(unicode(span.find('.//img').attrib['src']))
 
             title_el = self.parser.select(span, 'span#title1', 1)
-            video.title = title_el.text.strip()
+            video.title = to_unicode(title_el.text.strip())
 
             time_span = self.parser.select(span, 'span.thumbtime span', 1)
             time_txt = time_span.text.strip().replace(';', ':')
diff --git a/modules/youjizz/pages/video.py b/modules/youjizz/pages/video.py
index 43b98850..e227af25 100644
--- a/modules/youjizz/pages/video.py
+++ b/modules/youjizz/pages/video.py
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ class VideoPage(BasePage):
         elif len(video_file_urls) > 1:
             raise BrokenPageError('Many video file URL found')
         else:
-            video.url = video_file_urls[0]
+            video.url = to_unicode(video_file_urls[0])
 
         return video
diff --git a/modules/youjizz/video.py b/modules/youjizz/video.py
index dce129b0..06bb0bc5 100644
--- a/modules/youjizz/video.py
+++ b/modules/youjizz/video.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class YoujizzVideo(BaseVideo):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         BaseVideo.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         self.nsfw = True
-        self.ext = 'flv'
+        self.ext = u'flv'
 
     @classmethod
     def id2url(cls, _id):
diff --git a/modules/youporn/pages/video.py b/modules/youporn/pages/video.py
index c15ec75e..5b4a25b8 100644
--- a/modules/youporn/pages/video.py
+++ b/modules/youporn/pages/video.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class VideoPage(PornPage):
         if m:
             ext = m.group(1).lower()
         else:
-            ext = 'flv'
+            ext = u'flv'
         return unicode(a.attrib['href']), unicode(ext)
 
     def get_title(self):
diff --git a/modules/youtube/backend.py b/modules/youtube/backend.py
index 11a03f37..21722844 100644
--- a/modules/youtube/backend.py
+++ b/modules/youtube/backend.py
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ class YoutubeBackend(BaseBackend, ICapVideo, ICapCollection):
         with self.browser:
             url, ext = self.browser.get_video_url(player_url)
 
-        video.url = url
-        video.ext = ext
+        video.url = unicode(url)
+        video.ext = unicode(ext)
 
     def get_video(self, _id):
         m = self.URL_RE.match(_id)
diff --git a/weboob/tools/capabilities/thumbnail.py b/weboob/tools/capabilities/thumbnail.py
index a6cb2d83..932da335 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/capabilities/thumbnail.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/capabilities/thumbnail.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Thumbnail(CapBaseObject):
 
     def __init__(self, url):
         CapBaseObject.__init__(self, url)
-        self.url = url.replace(' ', '%20')
+        self.url = url.replace(u' ', u'%20')
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.url