Two iTunes accounts in family - balance issue

I have the main Itunes account. This is the one we purchase all movies, TV shows, etc. with and use for the AppleTV's. My wife has an iTunes account for her iPhone, iPad and MBP which is also her email address. She purchases a few apps here and there, etc. that I really won't use. If it's something we both will use, we use my account. The problem is....
She had a $100 iTunes gift card back in July and has only used $4 as almost everything she does is free. We would like to use the balance on movies / TV shows for the kids to watch on AppleTV. BUT, no on her iTunes account or we would have to keep signing in and out of accounts on the AppleTV - which would make it a pain in the a**.
I've checked and find you can't gift a movie using a gift card balance. You also can't transfer a balance or use the balance to set up an allowance to another account. The only option I'm seeing is to purchase the media on her account, download to my Mac and into my iTunes library since that Mac is authorized for her account. Then we could watch them via my iTunes from AppleTV. Not as slick as streaming though.
Are there any ideas I'm missing here?
Thanks!

Read this: How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

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