Purchased videos won't play without wifi

I recently fully downloaded 3 shows on my up to date iPad. I was planning to watch them on a flight but when I clicked on them in "Downloaded" in Videos in Library (in airplane mode) nothing happens. When I clicked on "Watch Now" in Library (in airplane mode) it says I must connect to wifi. When I click on them in "Watch Now" (out of airplane mode, not in wifi) I just get a spinning gray circle. I've owned several iPads and many iPhones and laptops and have always watched downloaded shows with no wifi. Obviously, now that I'm home and have wifi, I no longer need to watch them. I can do that on my TV, DVR, or online! I see several other people having similar problems but I have yet to find a fix. What gives?

I'm seeing the same issue with my iPad Air2. Downloaded movies that were previously watchable are no longer accessible unless I have a wifi connection. Makes the device worthless for travel, unless you happen to need a big pricey calculator. Apple. What is the plan to fix this?

Same issue on my brand new 12.9" IPad $1,100 512GB IPad. Ordered the first day and got it Tuesday and took a long trip Saturday. Downloaded 4 movies and would not work until I had to purchase Wi Fi on the plane. This is rediculois Apple and very frustrating.

Anyone???

I noticed this started happening about 4-6 months ago. Before I never had a problem playing a downloaded movie on my IPad while on a plane without a WiFi connection.

Now 'every' movie I download onto the same iPad requires a WiFi connection to 'start' the movie. Without a WiFi connection you would hit the Play button and it would act like it was going to start playing for about half a second and then revert back to the original play screen again. It would just keeping repeating this every time I would hit Play.

As I was already on the plane when this happened, but before takeoff I was able to quickly turn on my Hot Spot on my iPhone and then turn on my WiFi on my iPad and quickly connect to my Hot Spot, then hit Play on the movie which would actually start the movie, Pause the movie, go back and turn off WiFi and set to Airplane Mode on iPad and then able to resume watching the movie that I had to 'jump start' using my hot spot withou t any further issue.

I have to do this every time now! Not sure why ITunes makes you 'authorize' your already downloaded movie 'Again' before you can watch it. Hope the above Hotspot trick works for others who have that as an option.

Redownload a movie or TV show

You can only redownload a movie or TV show that you bought from the iTunes Store. Rented movies or TV shows are not available for redownload.

You can redownload movies and TV shows on your iPhone or iPod touch, iPad, Mac, or PC. You can watch previously purchased movies or TV shows on your Apple TV, but they don't download to the device.

On an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

1. Tap Settings > Videos and make sure Show iTunes Purchases is on.
2. Close Settings, then open the Videos app.
3. Depending on what you want to download, tap Movies or TV Shows at the bottom of the screen.
   
4. Find the movie or TV show that you want to redownload, then tap it.
5. Tap . The video downloads to your device.

If you can't find an item in Videos using these steps, download it from the iTunes Store app:

1. iPhone or iPod touch: Open the iTunes Store app and tap More > Purchased.
   iPad: Open the iTunes Store app and tap Purchased.
2. Depending on what you want to download, tap Movies or TV Shows.
3. Find the movie or TV show that you want to redownload, then tap it.
4. Tap . The video downloads to your device.

Same issue on my brand new

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On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 at 11:29 PM Apple Support Communities Updates <

Did anyone ever figure this out? I still have the same issue and as a frequent traveler......it is a hassle.

Any solutions yet? I’m having the same problem.

Not yet. Spent 2 1/2 hours on the phone with Apple and no solution yet. Frustrating!!! Suppose to be getting back to me.