ITunes movie transfers to Apple TV very slow

My movie transfer speeds onmy new AppleTV are so slow they are usesless. When it was first hooked up they were very fast compared to the previous AppleTV I had. I hooked up the original AppleTV in a bed room. Could having two on line have anything to do with the issue?

Thank you for your thoughts.....I found a solution. I use an Airport extreme base station. When I went back, using the older Airport Utility 5.6 app, I changed to the option of using a 5G connection under Wireless Network Options. This seemed to solve all issues. Speed is fast again and back to normal for both the computer and AppleTV. I just called ComCast and cancel the service call.

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Hi,
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The question is, will this actually speed anything up? Easiest thing to do is try it and see.
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Greetings,
Thank you for contacting NBA support.
The NBA Game Time app for Apple TV has not been updated for the upcoming season at this time. There will be an update released before the start of the NBA Regular Season.
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