Apple TV not authorised to play

I have a 1st Generation Apple TV.
In the last two days I have purchased a movie and TV episode on my computer. When I have tried to play them through Apple TV it comes up with 'Not authorised to play this title'. No other titles are affected and play fine through Apple TV.
I have repurchased one title through Apple TV and it has played fine.
As far as I am aware none of my settings have changed so any tips on what to check would be appreciated.
Note - titles I buy from itunes on my computer are listed under 'Shared' on Apple TV whilst titles I buy through my Apple TV device are listed under 'My' on APple TV.

I'm having the same issue. I downloaded a TV show on my computer and synced with the Apple TV. I get the "This TV Show is not authorised to play ....". I have downloaded  other episodes of this TV show in the past week and they have worked fine. I have not tried to rebuy the episode to see what happens. I have tried to unsync it and stream from the computer and I get the same results. If I play the episode on my computer it works fine.  Same as you, I do not believe any settings have changed. There was recently an update for the Apple TV2 but I don't believe there was one for the 1st generation.

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