Apple TV is activated on PBS but won't connect to programming.

My Apple TV is less than 6 months old. It was connecting to PBS programming until two days ago when the PBS user interface changed its look and feel. The menu that worked lead with the item "Featured". Now the lead item is "Video". I can navigate to the program menu, however, when I select the program episode, I get the spinning wheel of death follow by a message that says to try again in a few moments. I have restored it and reactivated it with PBS but the problem persists. Below is a copy of my last mail to PBS. Has anyone else experienced this problem and was there a solution? Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Jerry,
I appreciate your response. I checked for any new Apple TV software releases and I was up to date. I then decided to "restore" my Apple TV (which is less than 6 months old). When the "restore" process was complete, I re-activated the Apple TV with the new activation code at PBS.Org. Everything seemed to go well. I got the PBS menu and navigated to an episode of "A Chef's Life". After clicking the menu item, the "spinning wheel icon" came up and after a few seconds I got the same error message; "… try again in a few moments."
I cannot be the only Apple TV customer with this problem. I can watch News Hour and other programs on my Macbook pro but it is not the same. Again, all the other programming (e.g., Fox) is working fine and this only started a couple of days ago when the PBS menu (user interface) changed. I will contact Apple but since all other things on their side are working, troubleshooting seems to point the PBS navigation element (e.g., href="http://www….).
Thanks Again,
Peter

Hello kellyh84,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot this issue where your Apple TV is not recognized in iTunes, please follow the steps in the article below.
Apple TV: Unable to restore using iTunes - Apple Support
Take care,
Alex H.

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