Content purchased through ITunes Store won't Stream

Recently been experiencing extensive problems steaming content purchased from the ITunes store on my Mac through an Apple TV.
At first I thought it was all content, but having spent a long time being frustrated with this problem I have been able to isolate the problem to content download via the store accessed through my mac.
I have checked bandwith and the network connection, both are fine - as an example, whilst a TV show in SD wil take upwards of an hour to be able to start to watch due to slow stream, a HD trailer will play immediately on the same ATV.
This is driving me crazy - searched and searched the support community but every answer I can across just states network problems and I know this not to be the case
any help appreciated

Try deleting the problematic tune (electing to remove original file if/when prompted) and then re-downloading the file from the iTunes store.
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You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option at the bottom of the screen of the iTunes app on your iOS device.
If the problem re-occurs, select the content which is causing a problem and use the 'Report a problem' button in Your Purchase History using your computer.

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