Share movie library on home network

I want to know how to access movies in my iCloud on our Vizio tv, which has connection to our home network.

We're attempting to work out the same trick on another thread.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6450437#6450437

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    We're attempting to work out the same trick on another thread.
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6450437#6450437

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  • How to share the movie library

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