Rental Movie Expiration

I started to download a movie I rented through Apple TV last night. Since it took longer than expected to finish, I left the apple tv running in order to complete the download and went to bed, thinking I would still have 30 days to watch it after the download was complete.
When I got up this morning, it says that I only have 37 hours left to watch the movie before it expires? Any ideas?
Thanks!

brianadkins wrote:
It's actually 24 (not 48) hours...
from http://www.apple.com/appletv/whatson/movies.html :
"...you have 30 days to start watching. Hit Play, and it’s yours to watch as many times as you want in 24 hours...."
Actually, it depends on where you live (ie which is your local store) - some places have 24 hours some 48 hours to watch after starting.

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