Two apple TVs, 4 computers and home sharing

We have four computers that work well with our Apple TV and home sharing. Is it possible to have a second Apple TV operate on the same network and stream content to a second TV? I seem to recall there was a limit to the number of computers that could be a part of home sharing but I don't recall if there was a limit to Apple TVs
Thanks.

You can have up to 5 first gen models connected to each mac, the five limit counts but macs and Apple TVs have a five count each not between them.
I'm not really sure how many second gen models you can have but it's certainly more than one, I'd imagine at least five and likely more - because it's homeshare not an authorised device.

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