Where is my airplay icon?

I've lost my airplay icon in itunes.
I have a mac, ipad and iphone and they are all connected to the same router so is my apple tv. All software is up to date and airplay is activated.
I have no icon on any of my devices when I use itunes. I can go into control centre on my iphone and ipad and can airplay there no problem. I cannot airplay from my mac.
If I go into other apps that use airplay such as spotify or instagram then the icon is visible. I also run an old laptop with windows 7 and the icon is visible in itunes when I turn it on
What can I do
Any help would be appreciated

Hi bradley,
If you are not seeing the Airplay icon in iTunes on your Mac, you may find the following article helpful:
iTunes: Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5209
Regards,
- Brenden

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