Rented iTunes Movie won't download!

I rented a movie on iTunes last night, and I can't seem to download it to my iTunes. My account has been charged for the amount of the rental, and I went to the "Store" tab and selected "Check for Available Downloads," but nothing appeared on the download list. Any ideas as to why this is happening would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

It's quite interesting how a business model like this survives: you pay your money, and you don't receive your product. Since many of the movies that one tries to download on iTunes simply do not download, the business model should be changed to bill you AFTER the movies is successfully download, not before. Too much time and hassle is spent trying to get a credit because of iTunes unreliability issues.

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