Purchased movies on Apple TV no longer sync back to iTunes on computer

Many TIA, the movies I have purchased on the Apple TV via iTunes have stopped syncing back to my computer. They initially did, but stopped about 4-6 weeks ago. It syncs movies just fine from Computer's iTunes to the Apple TV, but not the other way. I am afraid I'm going to lose the content if something goes hinky.
It will show very briefly in the activity window that it is syncing the 14 movies, then it just stops and moves on to other tasks. I have changed nothing that would account for this stoppage other than software updates. It uses a wireless connection via a new airport extreme.
Any thoughts?

I have the same issue where I can make purchase via itunes and it syncs with ATV. However the reverse from ATV to itunes does not. I saw an earlier post in the year to deauthorize the account on itunes that fixed the problem- tried that on itunes and then selected the transfer from ATV to itunes on the file menu and was unsuccessful. All software is current using itunes 8.02.2
It was working previously so I am not sure if an ATV software upgrade caused this or not.

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For that reason most people prefer to buy movies on DVD. They are easily shared, foolproof, and super easy to use. I love Apple TV and iTunes for music and TV shows, but I would never purchase a movie that was not on an optical disc.
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