ITunes needs DLNA service to share m4v (with Smart TV)

I am really annoyed with Apple over this one. Over the years I have spent thousands of dollars legally acquiring DRM-protected content for my personal and home use.
I am in the process of acquiring the first 50 Gb of 150 Gb of an old TV favorite.
Now I learn that none of the Windows PC ---> Smart TV media sharing options will handle the native .m4v DRM-protected format. Both Plex and Serviio let me listen to .mp4 files in my iTunes folder.
If Apple does not create some sort of iTunes System Service for the PC to share out such files via the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) that is fast becoming a standard then the only ways that I can possibly watch this on the big screen with the home theatre sound experience is :
screen mirror from a 1920 x 1080 PC screen to a 48" HD Smart TV in another room... you can imagine how cumbersome that will be and I will have thrown away the premium paid for the HD version in the process and it will be ugly and sound terrible
purchase an Apple TV box for $100 or so with no prior guarantee as to how well it will work in my circumstance
use some sort of converter to strip the DRM protection and chew up even more space and time and create questionable files in the process
You can imagine just how unintuitive any of these three choices will be for the rest of the family.
C'mon Apple! Make version 13 of iTunes lucky for everyone and move back towards the one-button-for-all of Mr. Jobbs...
Add an optional DLNA system service / listener to serve up DRM-protected .m4v files on the fly over the same subnet. Require adding the devices' MAC addresses once if you have to control access but let me use what I've paid for as easily as possible.

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