Apple TV comes on by itself and light constantly on

My Apple TV device when I turn it off after a few hours comes on by itself. Well the white light on the front of it does lighting up the whole room not fun when your trying to sleep. So I've resulted to placing a small piece of tape over it. Is there any way to perminetly turn the light off or prevent the device from turning itself on?
I have the latest updates installed on it.

It isn't necessarily turning itself on, the light also indicates activity on either the network or HDMI connection, so covering the light may be all you can do other than unplugging it.

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