Any ideas on how to speed up iTunes downloads??

I've been attempting to purchase episodes of TV shows and have noticed that the download times are often quite a bit longer than the actual shows. A 44 minute TV episode recently took nearly 2 hours to download. The problem is not due to my ISP or modem because I've had no problems quickly downloading content from Amazon on the same PC, content via my Xbox 360 or large files from services like Dropbox. I was even able to download the 3.3 GB consumer preview of Windows 8 10 minutes faster than I could download a 1.29 GB TV show from iTunes. The ONLY place I encounter slow download speeds is iTunes which tells me the problem is on their end. 
I attemped to contact Apple support but their utterly useless response was that I should fill out a feedback comment with a cheery note saying "Apple takes suggestions from customers very seriously". Yeah, right. Apparently they don't read their own support forums because it turns out this is an ongoing problem. Short of switching entirely to Amazon for my TV, movie and music needs does anyone have any ideas on what can be done to improve download speeds for iTunes? Call me crazy, but I think it would be kind of cool to be able to watch a TV show the same evening I purchase it. Are there any settings that can be adjusted either in iTunes or Windows?

Do you normally leave iTunes running in the background at all times?  I do and I run into the same slow downloads from time to time.  When I experience this, I simply close and relaunch iTunes, then the download speeds return to normal.
It is also possible that the slowness is the result of whomever is hosting the data having a slow or bogged down Internet connection.  Not entirely certain that would apply to purchases from iTunes but it certaily can with podcasts.

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