Movies purchased directly to Apple TV through Itunes - question

I have three of the original Apple TV units that I have previously used just for my kids shows they like to watch over and over. Well, we are now downloading movies. The hard part is this: The Apple TV unit we downloaded several movies to (purchases, not rentals) does not update to Itunes. Itunes wants to charge us for the movie again if we try to download it there. The Apple TV unit that we downloaded these movies does not update to the Itunes library. I have looked and looked through topics here and have not found how to copy or back up movies that are downloaded on the apple tv unit directly. What am I missing? I want to be able to use them on any of my apple tv units and view them on iPhone and itouch.
Thanks,
John

Control-click the Apple TV in iTunes and transfer the purchases.
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