Apple TV keeps telling me to Authorize my computer.

Same here! I've had the time zone issue too. With me I found that London is down as GMT+1 on appleTV which is wrong. London should be GMT+0 So how can I set the time zone correctly anyway?

having the same issue. what are we supposed to do? re-purchase content?

Anybody still experiencing this issue? I cannot watch the latest movie I purchased due to the Authorization requires but all previously purchased ones are fine!!

i can watch tv shows purchased on itunes, but not movies. Says please authorize your computer (which i did, like ten times). nothing works to fix it, resarting, turning homesharing on and off, even reseting doesn't work

AS of now... 8 March 2012. This issue is still happening - and that is with the latest software update to Apple tv2 and Itunes 10.6 I don't want to have to push purchased movies from my computer I want Apple tv to play them . It is extremely frustrating as this particular error has only occurred(to me) since the much heralded upgrade.

Apple have you been listening? Guess not.

Getting as bad as Microsoft these days

I am having the same problem. Hoping there will be a new update to patch the problem. Had same problem last time 2.

I am having the issue also, the main problem with mine is that I can watch old purchases, but the seasons that I recently purchased are giving me the message.

Ok you need to deauthrize your computer and then reauthrize it. After your done do a factory reset on your apple tv. Then it will be normal again. Deauthrize this computer is located under the store tap in iTunes.

This worked for me but I went to my home computer and went under my moves and tried to watch one and it asked me to log in and I did and then I said "authorizes" and then I went to my Apple TV and clicked on the movie and it worked for all of them. Hop that helped.

I am at my Dad's place. I bought him an apple TV a year ago. He was so pleased. Now this is happening. This is a very very negative customer experience, Apple.

I seem to be having the same authorization issues as everyone else. Has anybody figured out a fix for the problem yet? I just bought Apple TV on 10-6-13 and so far I am disappointed. After reading all the posts I will be considering a return if a fix does not come soon.

this is still an issue, now magnified by Family Share ... which should allow the easy play of films and shows purchased by family members on the ATV. It does not. So the answer, and one that will have Apple paying for it financially if they don't want to fix it, is to purchase elsewhere. Never had such an issue with Amazon or any other source. Purchase their and then import or convert to iTunes.

So lets fast forward from 30 September 2011 to 31 March 2015:

Dear Mr. Tim Cook: With several years of feedback and seeing the same complaint identified over and over again you would have thought that SOMEONE on the Apple TV Team would have addressed this issue. Well now it is effecting me. I live in Central America where the bandwidth pipe is that of a swizzle stick and very costly. So why would movies that I have purchased thru my iTunes account and have previously played on my Apple TV Gen 2 and My Macbook Air need to be reauthorized? This has been a most frustrating event - it is the only time that I have wished to throw an Apple product against the wall and see it break up into a thousand pieces.

So Mr. Cook, I have in good faith purchased your product and have legally purchased content through your distribution means. So tell me why do I need an internet connection to use Apple TV?

Sincerely,

A VERY FRUSTRATED APPLE TV USER

sooooo .... what did dear old Timmy have to say?

I am also now having this issue. I have restarted both apple tv2's, de/reauthorized two macs (laptop and desktop),deleted and restored keychains on both machines, and both apple tv's are telling me that I need authorization and to go to iTunes store and authorize this computer using the iTunes id and password used for purchase, which was done and nothing has worked. For Apple's concern: I am also of the opinion that once my machines have been authorized by me using my apple id and password and it has not changed, my devices DO NOT NEED TO ACCESS THE INTERNET or apple to play my content. Purchased content was verified and downloaded that should be all that is required.