Q: itunes is currently unavailable

Same issue in North Dakota. Super bummed. Hope they get it up and running soon...

I am having the same issues and have tried all of the above steps.  Waiting for a solution!

I talked to AppleCare today, the operator told me that they are working on a software update to resolve this. So, I'll keep checking for it...

Same problem too - hope they fix it soon.

I, too, am having this problem in Massachusetts.  But I have also found a workaround that is at least making it possible to watch our movie collection during the holiday weekend while Apple gets its act together.

Workaround: I downloaded the movie onto my iPad, played it, and used AirPlay to get it onto my AppleTV-connected screen.  Slow and kludgy, but at least it liberated my movies so they could be watched.

Please, Apple.  Fix this.  I am missing my first-generation AppleTV that stored all the movies rather than streaming them.

Also having issue, it is ridiculous. Kinda defeats the purpose of having TV if you can't stream any content from iTunes since the change to no hard drive. Come on Apple, I think your better than this.

I have read on a couple forums that they suspect Family Share as the issue, does everyone have Family Share on? I for one do.

I've had the same issue for the past 4 days, I have two of these devices and both showed the same results so I was sure it wasn't my network as some forums have suggested.  From what I've read on here Apple is aware of the issue and is working on a fix, so it appears it's going to be a few days.

HI,

I have the same  problems in Montréal Canada,  since 7 days.   I spent 3 hours on the phone with apple care and technicien.

They asked me to reboot , restore, reconnect apple tv.. I tested my wi-fi connection, my internet connection.. EVERYTHNG was working.. After two days APPLE CARE finaly told me it is a KNOWN PROBLEMS and the are working on it... Il was Monday November 24th... They told me we should have it back in 24-48 hours.. today it is still not working...

This is really frustrating!!!!

I did this last night with a purchase of a movie from iTunes. I downloaded to my Mac Mini and then streamed it via Home Sharing to the Apple TV under the "Computers" tab. Remember you have to download the whole thing first to your Mac and/or iPad/iPhone/iPod- Home Sharing streaming doesn't buffer in the same way as content streamed directly out of the AppleTV (since it only has 8GB of storage onboard). Once the content is on the device you want to stream it from, enable Home Sharing and it should show up in your "Computers" tab. Downside of doing it this way, aside from the eating of space on your devices, is that it takes a while to download an HD movie, so no instant gratification. On a 100Mbps download speed cable modem, it took 20 minutes (also because iTunes was delivering it to me at 17 Mbps).

Sorry , does not work!

It's November 27, 2014 at 11:06AM. iTunes is currently unavailable. Try again later.

I have been having this problem for two days now. WHAT IS GOING ON?

Yes, I'm sure it's connected somehow with family sharing. After I turned it on, ATV stopped to play my purchased content. But if I login ATV with account I added to family sharing it plays my shared movies without problems.

I'm in so much trouble with my wife.  She hates tech and told me to only buy blu-rays.  But for the last two years I've only bought movies off of iTunes and its been great.  Then the Holiday weekend arrives and this happens.  I hope they get this fixed soon because the "I told you so" is going to get real old, real fast.  All the visiting family is saying, who doesn't keep a hard copy? I remember the original argument. It went something like this.

Me: "Honey you don't understand, the disc could get lost or scratched, your sister could borrow it and her dog might eat it.  If its in the cloud it's safe forever and Apple will watch over and protect us so we can have it anytime.  That's what they do. Keep us safe from harm and evil disc eating dogs."

Wife: "But sweetheart what if the cloud goes down or the internet goes out."

Me: "Ha Ha Ha, oh you are so naive my love, this is apple we're talking about. That's just crazy talk. You'll see! It will be alright"

Please Apple I beg thee.  Help me at least appear to not be the idiot, kool-aid drinking, apple loving fanboy that I am by fixing this quickly and helping me save face with my beautiful and now not so naive wife.

Solution!!!  Here's the workaround:  this issue is following our IDs so you can turn on family sharing, then go to Settings on your Apple TV and logout, then login as your family member's ID.  You're shared purchased content  will be available with their ID now so you can access and play it using their ID.

It works!  I tried it last night.  We watched my purchased content but my husband's ID is logged into Apple TV.

the other thing you can do is stream from your IPAD to your Apple TV.  I didn't do this because Family Sharing and logging into Apple TV with a different family member ID worked for me.

Solution!!!  Here's the workaround:  this issue is following our IDs so you can turn on family sharing, then go to Settings on your Apple TV and logout, then login as your family member's ID.  You're shared purchased content  will be available with their ID now so you can access and play it using their ID.

It works!  I tried it last night.  We watched my purchased content but my husband's ID is logged into Apple TV.

the other thing you can do is stream from your IPAD to your Apple TV.  I didn't do this because Family Sharing and logging into Apple TV with a different family member ID worked for me.