Using a Mac to Control my AppleTV

I have 3 Apple TVs. Kitchen, Master Bedroom, Living Room. My friend came over with his iPhone. Setting his phone up as a remote was simple - just a few clicks. Voila!
It got me thinking about how nice it would be to be able to start "Beauty and the Beast" for my daughter in the kitchen from an iPhone (if I owned one) from bed. Such a cool feature! So then I thought, if an iPhone can do it, why not my MacBook Pro?
Can't I control any or all of my Apple TVs with a MacBook Pro? It's on the same WiFi as a "would be" iPhone remote. Does the iPhone have something my MacBook Pro doesn't?
So the question is simple, "Can a Mac be used as a remote for an Apple TV?"

Couple things on this topic, I can understand how it would be a cool app to control your Apple TV directly from your computer. Personall, I am on my computer while watching tv, and that would benefit me that way. But the iPhone application called Remote.app is perfect to port over to OS X, the problem is, that app was created by Apple, So not sure you will get the ability to edit that file legally, to port over to the OS X side. Though I think its a great idea for someone to create an application that uses WiFi to control devices like the Apple TV. If I was smart enough I would give it a shot, but haven't jumped into the developer side yet.
So for anyone out there that could make an open source apple tv controller using what Remote.app uses. Or whatever you smart people can figure out. I issue a challenge. I am sure you will get donations for your work.

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