Not authorized to show content using airplay

Just bought an Apple TV. I can push content to it from my iPad or iPod fine, and I can access my iTunes account on my computer fine. However when my boyfriend comes over, he cannot push content to the Apple TV from his iPad. The airplay icon shows fine, but when he tries, it says that he is not authorized to play content on this device. It doesn't make sense because when we were at his parent's place over Christmas, I was able to push content from my iPad to their Apple TV with no problems, even though I've never been there before and no authorizations were needed. We tried this with four or five different videos and songs, but to no effect. Each time it told us that it wasn't authorized. We also tried signing into the Apple TV using his iTunes account, but were still told the device wasn't authorized to play his content. Can anyone help?

Did you try turning airplay off/on via ATV? Maybe rebooting the iPad? Having both devices signed into the same account?

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