Apple tv 2 wake Mac from sleep

Does iTunes need to be running in background when putting mac to sleep. My apple TV2 will not wake my mac (on ethernet through TC) unless iTunes is running or minimized in background. Is this normal or can iTunes be exited completely before sleeping the mac and still have ATV awaken it?

you must have itunes running.
even if the mac were to wake up, if itunes wasn't running then appletv would have nothing to connect to.

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