Rented a movie on apple tv, charged, won't play

I rented two movies on my new gen ATV, which I've done nearly 4 times per week for over a year, and now the movie won't play, I'm charged on iTunes and cannot find it.  I get 'Not authorized to play on this device', which is odd since I rented from the ATV to play on the ATV.  I also get a "you already rented this movie but it did not download. go to Settings, Downloads, Check for Downloads - but there is no such setting on ATV.

Found my answer here!
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23237890#23237890

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