Apple tv Download and watch later

my Apple TV (1080p version) won't keep movies downloaded.  After researching this I found some responses that say it won't store downloads if shut off, but I just watched an episode of the flash that I downloaded a few days ago.  I saw some responses from Winston Churchill that I followed to this forum, can anyone explain why we can watch the flash but now we are waiting for transformers to download when I had already downloaded it once before.  Is it because I downloaded something else?  Does it delete previously downloaded content if you tell it download something else?

To add to the above. Apple TV has no accessible storage and nothing is downloaded, it will cache the show that you are watching but if you watch something else or back out to the menu it will be flushed. You may be able to retain the cache if you come back to it and haven't watched anything else, but there's no guarantee.
If you have a slow internet connection then It's best to download to iTunes and use home sharing to view on Apple TV. If these are purchases then they should be backed up on your computer anyway.

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