IMac synch with Apple TV

I have an Apple TV with hard drive. Every time my iMac & iTunes synch with my Apple TV ( ATV ), it takes anything I have purchased from my ATV to the Mac and then "copies" it BACK to the ATV. However, when I try to play any content, it either tells me that I cannon play it because the "the selected video/content cannot play on your Apple TV" or is says "the selected video cannot be found"!
Has anyone else run into this issue? I have purchased music videos, TV programs, music & movies via my ATV but every time I try to synch it does this completely ludicrous "removing" from my ATV to the iMac and back only to never allow me to play anything once this happens. Then I have to do a download all over again to my Apple TV. Worse still, I have been getting charged time and again for content I purchased already!

Thank you for your response. I did disable the auto synch however, whenever I want to put new music on my apple tv ( I purchase new music cd's every month ) I must synch it. Even if I disable the synch it tells my apple TV to not allow me to use purchased content on my apple TV when I turn this off, so I must allow it. And I have the old style apple TV to keep my content on because I have lost 2 hard drives in the past with all my music so I keep it on both of my devices. This trouble only started about 15 months ago when apple "updated" iTunes and has been like this ever since.
Also, since this ATV does not connect to the cloud even with the new software updates so it is impossible to download it from or to my Apple TV. I am therefore required to use the apple store for content redownload. This trouble has convinced me that I should have never purchased content in this fashion but to stick with buying and owning my own DVD's/Blueray & music cd's. Thank you again.

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