Purchased movie wont play on apple TV

Question

Hello
i purchased a movie yesterday on the Ituens store to play via airplay and apple tv on my TV but get a message there is a technical problme playing the movie. All my other movies which are not itunes movies play fine through apple TV o
on the TV screen I get the message you need to autorize your computer with Ituens store which is. Now could it be that I do not have a internet conection at home , do i need to be conected to internet to play this movie via apple tV which does not make sense as I can play it fine on the computer withouth being on the internet

Answer 1

I believe I am experiencing the same problem. When I try to stream iTunes-purchased movies from my iPad 2 to an Apple TV without Internet Connection (used only for AirPlay) I get the error "The operation could not be completed An unknown error occurred (3)"
Extremely frustrating and goes to show that you dont really own your iTunes movie given these use cases where you have to "phone home" to Apple for permission to play it. Add it to the long list of reasons we're better off grabbing these from torrent... Plays on any device, doesn't phone home, wider selection, etc. Eventually movies will get over their DRM fetish just like music did. Until the multi-millionaire executives get that through their thick heads, millions of people will continue to be frustrated and just pirate cuz it's such a better experience. And free, but that isn't even the issue for me.