No more TV Show Rentals?

Well, I never had them in the first place being in UK, but it would seem the facility has been ditched:
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/26/apple-removes-99-cent-tv-show-rentals-from-i tunes-store-and-apple-tv/
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
“iTunes customers have shown they overwhelmingly prefer buying TV shows,” Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said. “iTunes in the Cloud lets customers download and watch their past TV purchases from their iOS devices, Apple TV, Mac or PC allowing them to enjoy their programming whenever and however they choose.”

I was wondering the same thing. I did a chat with the Apple Store to ask that very question. He initially told me that the old Apple TV would be able to rent TV shows, but when I reminded him that I had to update to iTunes 10 on my Mac in order to see TV shows rentals, he asked me to call AppleCare instead.
If they don't allow it, will we be able to rent TV shows on our computers and stream them to our older Apple TVs? It would be a hassle, but it would save us from having to buy the new hardware...

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