Visual Studio 2015 Preview Cordova: Cannot Request Content from Remote Host

I worked with Cordora for visual studio 2013 without any problems. Today I installed VS2015 preview and tried to port my project but got stuck with a simple web request.

So, I created a new project to test this behavior in a clean environment. I added jquery and a small script:

var url = "http://thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=The%20Walking%20Dead";
var request = $.getJSON(url, function(data) {
});

      

        
        
        
      

    

but i always get:

Failed to load resource: net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

      

        
        
        
      

    

and while debugging I see that the requested url starts with:

http://localhost:4400/ripple/xhr_proxy?tinyhippos_apikey=ABC&tinyhippos_rurl= 

      

        
        
        
      

    

followed by the url I want.

config.xml contains:

<access origin="http://thetvdb.com" />
<access origin="*" />

      

        
        
        
      

    

I also tried adding this before the jquery call:

$.support.cors = true;

      

        
        
        
      

    

I'm not sure if the problem is my fault. But if so, tell me;)

Many thanks for your help!