Loading local video with Apple TV takes forever

Today i bought a film in iTunes store.
Downloaded it w/ iTunes - so i got i locally (got only a small bandwidth)
Then i tried to view that film using my Apple TV.
I can browse all my local media, but when i try to start the film from Apple TV it loads and loads and loads ...
When i start the film directly in iTunes and display it in Windows everything's fine.
When i try to stream it to Apple TV - using iTunes from my Win7 PC - nothing. It won't even start.
Equipment:
MS Windows 7 / 64
HD film
iTunes 12.0.1.26
Apple TV current version, up to date software
What's wrong?
-Peter

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