I have rented a movie through my iPad 2 but it never finishes waiting...

I have a brand new iPad2 but I can't buy or rent a movie - the download never starts, I get a "waiting..." message that hangs in there forever. When I bought a movie I had to download it from my MacBook and then sync it up with the iPad. Now it's a rental and it doesn't show up in my iTunes under "Check for available downloads". This is awful - I bought this iPad for entertainment and now I can't get the movies I've purchased?
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Try restarting the iPad (the red "swipe to power off", then power back on). That may get the movie to appear in the Videos app. If not, go here:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
and follow the instructions to report the issue to the iTunes Store.
Regards.

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As it says on the page that you posted from :
If you download a rented movie on your iPhone 4 or later, iPad, iPod touch (4th generation or later), or Apple TV: It is not transferable to any other device or computer.
Why it's like that I don't think that Apple have said (these are user-to-user forums). If you haven't downloaded it on your iPad then have you checked to see if you can download it on your computer's iTunes (Store > Check For Available Downloads menu option) or Apple TV ?
If it doesn't show on either of them then you can try contacting iTunes Support and see if they will let you download it on a different computer/device or refund or credit you : http://reportaproblem.apple.com
If the 'report a problem' link doesn't work then you can try contacting iTunes Support via this page : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page

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http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
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Regards.

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Niel wrote:
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