Rented movie on Apple TV last night can't view this AM?

We rented a movie last night & can't view it this AM w/o renting it again??? I thought you have 24 hr. access to a rented movie.  Any thoughts? This also happened to us 2 months ago which was the last time we rented a movie.

Some progress anyway!
The download time most likely reflects a slowish internet connection.
YouTube content is often compressed to high heaven and doesn't need much bandwidth.
AppleTV HD rentals are large and fixed size - around 3-4GB per movie.  SD are around 1-1.5GB.
AppleTv basically starts downloading a movie, and calculates how long it will take for enough to download to allow you to watch the film uninterrupted whilst the remainder downloads as you watch.  You need 6 Mbps or so for near instant HD downloads.  I'd guess you're getting 2-3 Mbps.  On my slow 4Mbps connection it takes 40 mins or so for HD film to start.  If you change the Settings in AppleTV for the store you can make it only offer SD films which will start much more quickly for you.
Beware of using AppleTV for othet tasks while a movie is downloading as this can wipe the downloaded portion forcing it to restart the download from scratch.
AC

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