UK Apple TV infected with NHL WSJ MLB adds

Don't be offended, but as someone from the UK who has no interest in NHL WSJ MLB content, I am now forced to see these in the menu system of my Apple TV.
I do realise that to someone from America this may be excellent news, I get that. But as someone from the UK, this is forced marketing with no audience.
I want a way to either REMOVE these items from my Apple TV menu, or at the very least move them to the very bottom of the menu list so that they are never seen.
This is marketing gone completely wrong. Marketing focused on America - great for America - bad for the UK and likely Euro as well, I don't suppose they are too thrilled at the new menu items forced on them.
I will never buy new Apple TVs until I know for sure this will never be the case again. Someone in Apple must see sense. 4od, BBC iplayer and ITV player, YES ... content focused on America, NO!

In itself it's not offensive, but I think it shows a fairly egocentric US development approach to the product and lack of thought about users in other countries - it would be better to have to enable certain feeds if outside US rather than having them applied automatically.
The order is all wrong now too with more universal functionality at the bottom of the menus.
Just perused some WSJ - was great fun seeing some arrogant US financial pundit taking the mickey out of Europe and talking about 'normal people - Americans'.....
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