Question before I purchase Apple TV

Hi All,
I plan to purchase an Apple TV later today but I have one quick question. I currently have a Macbook Pro and I have recently downloaded my favorite TV show to it from iTunes. Up until this point, I have been hooking up my laptop to the TV in order to watch the shows on a bigger screen. I read that the Apple TV can stream content from my Macbook Pro (which I have a Time Machine backup for) to the Apple TV, but if I download directly to the Apple TV I won't have a backup for that because I don't have a Time Capsule. The question is; If I get the Apple TV, will my library be split between my Macbook Pro and Apple TV or will I be able to duplicate the information on both devices? Thanks.

If you set the Apple TV to sync with your computer, anything purchased on it will be transferred to the computer and backed up from there.
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