Apple TV cuts off when open Macbook. WHY IS THIS STILL AN ISSUE!!

The issue is not fixed with Apple and it's really annoying. It affects all devices. Here is what I have found so far and I'm pulling my hair out. APPLE!! why have you not had a fix for this yet? You come out with the latest and greatest devices but you can not keep what you already have running? Come on this is frustrating. Look at the number of times this question has been asked on here, heck look at the number of views its unreal at over 10,000. This is a huge issue and should be worked on ASAP. At least make us think you are trying to fix it. If there is some magical fix I have not been able to find it.
And because many people while trying to help ask the same questions to all these post I will try to answer all the typical questions now to save some time.
- Yes, I have tried it with Itunes off and it still does it so it is not an Itunes issue.
- No, I am not watching a movie from my Macbook to ATV and I shut the lid etc. Nothing is streaming from the Macbook to the TV when I have the issue.
- The ATV works perfectly fine so long as the Macbook lid stays closed or the WiFi is shut off.
- Yes, I have been able to watch ATV while the Macbook was open, Itunes both on and off, WiFi on and ATV played fine. The issue seems to be intermittent but now has gotten worse.
- It has done the same thing with two completely different routers.
- iCloud off - no change
- Homeshare off - no change
- iTunes off - no change
- I turned off Wifi while no show was playing on ATV. Turned WiFi back on then started a show on ATV while the lid was open. Show ran fine. I turned off WiFi on MB show still ran fine. I turned WiFi back on and it killed it. ATV went back to main menu. Tried to restart show without making any changes while lid open and show would not play.
- Logged out of iTunes account on ATV, tried to watch show went back to main menu, would not play.
Info
MBP
iTunes - 11.1.5 (even though not used or on)
OS X - 10.9.2
iPhone
Version 7.1
ATV
Software 6.1
Here is what I can or can not do at this point when my Macbook Pro is online with lid open.
1. ATV is running a show and roommates come home. Cuts out starts giving me issues. Have not confirmed if they are opening a mac or not but they all have iPhones.
2. Listening to podcast on ATV from my iPhone using Airplay to ATV. the broadcast will play perfectly fine until I open my macbook. At that point it cuts off completely and switches to phone output from ATV back to what it iPhone. Itunes on my Mac is turned completely off. If I turn off the WiFi connection on my MBP then the ATV Airplay on my phone works just fine. The audio will play to my ATV and will not switch back. The second I turn WiFi back on it kills the Audio and the phone goes back to normal mode. It does it right in front of my eyes. So something is causing it to switch back overriding it but it is not iTunes. Also one other thing I noticed if I try to force it by hitting the airplay button every time it try's to switch back the podcast info will flash on the ATV for a second like it is trying then it kills it and goes back to the phone.
3. ATV running a show and I open my Macbook, cuts off goes back to main screen even when itunes is off. If I close the lid and try it right away it will still go back to menu. If I try to select a program it will not play at all. Just flashes and goes back to main screen. I have to wait a few moments or try watching a different show then go back tot he one that was cut off for it to then work correctly.
NOW to add insult to injury I confirmed all of this then went along my menu bar at the bottom confirming everything was off and testing ATV every few until it started working. It started working after I turned off Skype, Word, Excel, and VLC. The show ran with the top open or shut or opening it while running. also connected and disconnected WiFi show ran fine. So I started turning everything back on one at a time opened and shut lid until ATV cut back to menu and nothing. Show has been running for last 5 minuets with out a hitch. I logged back in to iTunes on Apple TV tried again still works fine. Who knows when it will act up again.
This happens on Hulu Plus and HBO Go and Airplay on my phone. I really want to see this issue corrected there is no excuse for it this long after the release.

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