Previously downloaded television shows missing

Okay I've looked for the past hour and I still can't find my answer.
A couple of my television shows that I bought rougly three years ago or more won't appear anywhere except in itunes. I can't get them to load in my apple tv nor on my ipad. I even went to itunes under the new purchased section to see if they reappear, but they don't. They were not free nor illegally downloaded. I can't understand why none of my apple products are recognizing my older purchases.
Thanks!

This may not play out, but a second ago when a movie download got interrupted and when I resumed and checked for purchases, it is now showing a download of Babylon 5 episode I bought a few weeks ago that is twice the filesize of the one I successfully downloaded previously.
Hopefully I won't be disappointed but it appears that checking for purchases will download the higher res version after it's been updated which I presume will be a rolling process over a couple months. They may also stagger what you can update for bandwidth concerns on their end.
Anyway- appears to be good news.

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Can anyone help me, please?

Hey man
i just got itunes and just had the same problem. It ****** me off that no one has helped you but i went and did some digging on it and found out how to fix this. update your itunes if it is not already up to date then follow the directions on this link. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93015 i hope this helps you out!

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Hi. A very much help needed.
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It sounds like you are constantly needing to restore your phone because it keeps going into recovery mode. Usually putting a device into recovery mode and restoring it can help isolate an issue to your iPhone hardware if an issue persists afterwards. I would try manually putting it into recovery mode and restoring it 1 more time:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
If that does not resolve it the symptoms indicate to me that it is a hardware issue causing this to happen and would seek service for it:
iPhone Repair - Other Repairs
https://www.apple.com/support/iphone/repair/other/
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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Hello taaptar,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To download previously purchased items from the iTunes Store, please follow the directions outlined below.
iTunes Store
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Click Purchased in the Quick Links section.
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Select Not in My Library to view purchased content that isn't on your computer.
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iTunes Store
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Dear Metal Wheels and King Penguin.
I have to actually same problem today 23.10.2012. For an example I have only changed billing methods and have bought hundreds of apps but I remember clearly that I bought for an example ,,Wikipanion Plus'' and ,,OPlayer'' which is now HD OPlayer and I did not see them in purchased items, neither ,,not on ipad/iphone'' nour ,,not on my computer'' and I check in both my computer. I confirm hereby that I took the chance to re-buy these two Apps again through the same account but I got the message ,,As you have bought the previous version on this account you will get this update for free'' so I clicked yes and I got them both. This doesnt only proof that I have purchased them before and purchased items in iTunes Store has some lacks to fix but also it proofs that I also bought them through that specific account as I had to confirm the buying process. In my opnion this is not a thing which Apple should be relaxed with as its very important that powerusers and regular consumers can trust and rely on doing business and to shop via iTunes. I have a lot of expensive Apple Hardware and for me this is a stepping stone and a serious test on the circle of trust. If this cant be fixed I cannot recommend others to trust the store.
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2. <key>Protected</key><true/>
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Resolve iOS update and restore errors - Apple Support
Check your security software
Related errors: 2, 4, 6, 9, 1000, 1611, 9006. Sometimes security software can prevent your device from communicating with either the Apple update server or with your device.
Check your security software and settings to make sure that they aren't preventing a connection to the Apple servers.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a nice day,
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