Blue dots next to movies listed in Apple TV tab on iTunes?

When I open Apple TV in iTunes and go to the movie tab, some of my movies have a blue dot next to them and others don't. What does this mean?

The blue symbol means the movie has not been viewed. You can do a search in ITunes that will list that will explain all of the other symbols.

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Blue dot next to some movies

since update I have received blue dots next to movies i've gotton off of itunes and when i try to play them on ATV it tells me not correct format but they are iTunes movies I've purchased from the site is this a glitch or there something else that should have been done after the update? Thanks in advance

After last update I had a lot of issues like that where in the past all was good.
To finally fix I un paired the computer to the AppleTV (thus it erased the AppleTV).
I then shut down everything. Started modem back up. Waited. Started Router up. Waited. Started computer back up. Waited. Started AppleTV, waited. Then told AppleTV to sync with a computer, got the code. Went to computer and re-entered code to pair up for syncing. Then set all my sync options and let it resync everything back like before. After that all was good.
Now you can just try unplugging your AppleTV and turning off Computer. Reboot computer, wait, then plug in AppleTV. Then try that before going the whole re-setup process. Odds are that will fix it.
Blue dots just means AppleTV and iTunes both think you have never watched that file.

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Under "My TV show" I can see a blue dot next to my unwatched shows. This feature does not seem available in the "My Movie"....
Is this normal?
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The blue dot means the file in question has not been viewed by you yet, either in iTunes on your computer or on the AppleTV. You've probably opened all the movie files already, hence no blue dot. You can mark the files as "New" in iTunes and get the dot back if you really want.

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Click on your account name in the top right corner of the iTunes store in the iTunes application on your computer, enter your password and click the "view account" button. Navigate to the Apple ID summary where you have the option to "change country or region".
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I would agree with Barney if the question had been an e-mail in the inbox but in the sent folder I still wonder why the blue dot. I also had this happen for the first time today 6/27/13. I resent both figuring it might mean the mail had not been sent properly.
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I was in an Apple retail store today (UK), and they had an tv 2 hooked up to a TV. I had a few minutes play, but all I could see was a Movies, Internet, settings,computers,Photos listing.
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I was amazed at the size of the thing though, and it did feel snappier on the menu screen, but can someone tell me how the menu/your streamed stuff appears please?
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With the ATV2 all content is streamed from a computer that has iTunes open. This is accomplished by starting "Home Sharing on the computer with iTunes then turning Home Sharing to ON within the ATV menu. Once all is set-up, you would click the "computer" menu option on the ATV. All of your Music, Photos, TV Shows, etc. are therein listed. Obviously this is different than the menu structure on the ATV 1 where your synced or streamed material is found within each menu category, ie, movies includes "my movies" and the like.

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Anyway, I quit iTunes on the iMac and the AppleTV now connects to iTunes on the MBP. Before it automatically showed both computers.
So I guess the problem is solved for now. Just seems quirky.

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The blue dot just means its new (meaning you havent watched it yet). You should see the same blue dots next to Text Messages and Emails that you have not read.
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Since I recently upgraded to iTunes 11.2, I've been having all kinds of trouble with podcasts. Here's the most recent headache.
Today, my "Podcasts" item in the side menu on the left says there are 6 unplayed episodes. When I click on "Podcasts", there are only 4 podcasts marked with the blue dot indicating that they are unplayed. Where are the two additional unplayed podcasts? It turns out that there are two podcasts that have unplayed episodes, but they're not marked as unplayed in the list of podcasts. If I click on the arrow to the left of the podcast name to expand the list, I can see the unplayed episodes there, marked with a blue dot.
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I previously solved this problem by unsubscribing from the offending podcasts and resubscribing. However, the problem is back now. I'd really prefer not to have to delete and resubscribe every week.
Are there any other better podcast handlers out there than iTunes? I'm getting so tired of the slow decent into the abyss with this bloated, dysfunctional piece of software. Every time a new release comes out, something breaks or some feature I use is taken away, replaced with some iOS-centric Apple-store-linked "BUY NOW" button. Ugghh. I just want to play my nerdy NPR podcasts in peace, Apple.
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Did you ever figure this out? I just realized I posted a similar question. 9 months later and no Apple staff have answered this question nor have they fixed this (if it is a bug)? Not particularly impressive.

Blue dots next to movies listed in Apple TV tab on iTunes?

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