Error when trying to watch purchased TV/Movies

When I try and watch either a movie or a TV show I've purchased iTunes gives me the error below,
I haven't set up a new Apple ID and the content I'm trying to watch is from the Apple ID I've always used. Any ideas on how to get these items to play?
Thanks!

I have the same problem with my iPhone 4s! Need a solution from Apple!

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i have an unknown error when trying to watch a rented movie from the itunes store

It's common in the sense that you'll see this issue arise in the community from time to time, but in the context that the community is the place that users bring their problems it's probably similar to a broken shoulder which may be common at the hospital but not so common amongst the population that the hospital serves.
In many cases the problem can be solved by restarting the Apple TV (pull the power for best results) and/or restarting your router. Persistent problems may indicate a network issue such as interference locally or a slow download speed from your service provider. Try the restarts and see if that helps.

I get the following error when trying to watch a rented movie, "Anerror occurred loading this content".

Hi,
I get the following error message when trying to watch a rented movie, "An error occurred loading this content". Is this common?
Thanks,

It's common in the sense that you'll see this issue arise in the community from time to time, but in the context that the community is the place that users bring their problems it's probably similar to a broken shoulder which may be common at the hospital but not so common amongst the population that the hospital serves.
In many cases the problem can be solved by restarting the Apple TV (pull the power for best results) and/or restarting your router. Persistent problems may indicate a network issue such as interference locally or a slow download speed from your service provider. Try the restarts and see if that helps.

I've started getting an error when trying to transfer purchased videos to iPhone.

I've started getting an error when trying to transfer purchased videos to my iPhone.
I get an error saying that selected videos will not play on the iPhone. They were purchased from iTunes and have been played on the phone previously.
So far I've only noticed it on SD/HD videos, but not all SD/HD videos. Not had an issue yet with the judt SD files.
Anyone else encountered this?
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I've rented my first movie off iTunes Movie Rentals (Fantastic 4 - Silver Surfer). The file downloaded fine, but at the end of the download it shows error 3001 (There was a problem, etc.) but gives no specifics.
I tried it on my MacBook Pro and my girlfriend's Dell, both running the latest version of iTunes, but I get the same error when trying to play the movie, or when I click "Resume Download" (although it looks like the movie had downloaded already).
Any tips on how to fix this? I was looking forward to watching this with her tonight.
Not a good first-time experience with this rental thing I must say

I am getting the same error ("3001") when downloading - not watching. At first I was getting err = 8008. 8008 would happen about 1/3 through the download process. Download would freeze, and issue iTunes would alert an err = 8008. After contacting Apple, they claim to have reloaded the movie and instructed me to try again by:
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2. Check for Downloads
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I am sorry to hear about the problems you are having with the purchase. I have sent you a private message to get more information.
Anthony_VZ
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I am sorry to hear about the problems you are having with the purchase. I have sent you a private message to get more information.
Anthony_VZ
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TS3694 what does it mean when it says error -42110 when trying to watch a rented movie and how do you fix it?

tried downloading movie again but showed same error.

Perhaps try the "Error 3001," "-42110," or "5103" section in the Specific Conditions and Alert Messages: (Mac OS X / Windows) section of the following document:
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