Multiple Apple Id's and apple tv

I have recently found that I have unwittingly got 3 (yes 3) different Apple id's. No problem in Itunes as all the music / movies etc are all in my library and can be played. However on Apple TV this is a real pain, because all my items are listed under all 3 id's and you cannot show the complete library.
I have registered all the id's on my apple TV, but you have to swap between them to try and find the track you want or the movie you want to watch, Nightmare !
Apple don't want to merge any of them, as they say this is for security, however they have verified that all the acccounts use the same bank account, I am the owner of all 3 etc etc. Seems to me they have no way of completing the merge and this must be the issue?
So no security risk, i am not going to divorce myself ? :-)
Will someone at Apple explain what can be done, rather than what cannot be done? I have purchased all my music through itunes or in the first instance sat and imported all my old Cd's. My reward for buying and being loyal is no can do !
Heeeeeeeeeeeeelp!

You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option from the Quick Links section in the top right corner of the iTunes homepage in your iTunes application on your computer.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option at the bottom of the screen of the iTunes app (or video app) on your iOS device.

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