Controlling Apple TV with Remote App on iPhone 5 Issues

Hello,
Been having this problem since I got my iPhone 5, for about a month.
When I am in the Remote app on my iPhone, and I have chosen my Apple TV as my device, choose my iMac to play content off of, once I find my content and select it, the following happens for anything, movies, tv shows, music, music videos:
Tap content to begin playing > Screen on iPhone goes to Now Playing screen with no artwork and title says "Lable" > the spinning wheel appears on the screen from the Apple TV and spins for about 10 seconds > Meanwhile, the Remote app loses its connect to the Apple TV and says "Connecting to Apple TV" > Once the spinning wheel is done it goes back to the main menu of the Apple TV > Remote app goes back to the available computers screen.
I am signed in to home sharing on all systems. I have restored the Apple TV from the latest software and also deleted and reinstalled the Remote app.
The reason i know the content is fine is I can play any of it directly from my iMac to the Apple TV using the normal menu system, this only happens when I try playing the content through the Remote app.
Naturally I can get away with using the Apple TV but I want to find out the problem cause it is much easier to navigate the Remote app than the ATV.
Running iTunes 10.7, latest and have the lastest iOS on my iPhone as well.
Any insight is very appreciated.
Thank you!

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