I am having problems viewing movies I rented from Itunes!

Happy holidays everyone!  So I rented 2 movies from my 2nd Gen Apple TV this morning.  The content loads without an issue but it will not validate the authorization to play the movie.  I checked the software and reupdated it accordingly.  Now, mysteriously, the rented movies no longer appear in my start up menu and I still have the same problem with not being able to play the rented content.  My Netflix account streams media with no difficulty.  Whats the deal?  Any ideas?

Hi, I have the same problem.  It keeps trying to authorize - one time it said servers down try later.  I tried again, then it seemed to lock in authorizing mode, so I restarted.  I must have clicked on the film a number of times to view, and finally it said that it has been rented!  But it disapeared from the start up menu as rented.  Maybe something is going on because of the holidays - too many of us,  Anyone else out there?

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