Apple TV2 losing its connection to itunes

I have had an Apple TV 2 for well over a year now which has worked flawlessly for most of the time. Over the last 3 or 4 months its started to play up. I rent a movie and it starts playing nearly instantly everytime. As the movie goes on it stops playing and either says it buffering and will resume in XX minutes but sometimes it seems to lose its connection to itunes all together and asks to be reauthorised.
I've checked the speed of my connection and its normally 15mps or above so I don't think that is the problem. I've not had problems with any other device that accesses itunes so I've no idea why it should need reauthorising.
Any suggestions
Thanks
Richard

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