Apple TV download suddenly super-slow

Suddenly, after more than 3 years of virtually perfect and uninterrupted service, iTunes download on Apple TV seems to have become super-slow. WHY??
I used always to be able to stream and watch movies, TV series episodes, etc. virtually instantaneously, with few if any delays. Nothing has changed with my home ISP (30Mb download) or WiFi setup, and I have tried 'master-resetting' everything including Apple TV with a power-down-up sequence several times. However for the past 2 or 3 nights trying to watch episodes of Vikings S2 I have faced interminable waiting with 'Loading' or 'Ready to watch in 4hrs 10 mins', etc. messages.
Please help to resolve this issue soon - it really degrades the quality of service I previously enjoyed on Apple TV and iTunes.

Thanks alex_h1.
However I had already tried all the troubleshooting steps defined in the link you gave except explicitly verifying DNS and network settings, which I have now done. Regrettably there is no noticeable improvement in Apple TV interminable download times, whilst itunes still works perfectly speedily downloading to our devices such as iMac, Macbook and iPad.
Any further thoughts or suggestions would be most gratefully received.
BR, Tony

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