In iOS 10.2, is there no local storage of TV & movies?

Apple Support appears to be aware of the issues with the new TV App.

This app has some major bugs and issues/oversights.

However, no one here knows how much user feedback has been submitted about this issue.

You can help all of us with getting these issues fix sooner than later by submitting your feedback here.

iPad Feedback

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

The more people that submit and continuosly submit feedback on this issue, the faster Apple can get a fix out as another iOS update.

Good Luck!

The menus in the tv app will not show up unless the iPad is connected to wifi. The screen is blank and will not do anything. I have over 60 movies and about 1/3 are downloaded... is there a bug fix coming soon?

In the TV app library, any iTunes content you've purchased can be downloaded to the device by tapping on the item, then tapping the little cloud/download icon. That downloads the content from the iTunes cloud store into your device for offline viewing.

You can show Movies and TV shows that are stored locally. See if this doesn't remind you of the music app. Tap on the Library Tab and then tap on the drop down menu in the upper left to find Downloaded.

Any idea if there is a way to NOT have purchased content available? but keep home sharing on?

I don't want my children to be able to watch anything I have ever downloaded. Just the stuff i load...

Big miss on this app. i absolutely HATE IT!

Hi. You can let Apple know your concerns here https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html.

I did, thanks.

I've found some updates annoying, but NEVER to this level.

I understand that Apple now exists to sell movies, TV shows and songs; and no longer to make great workstations and software for creative professionals, but this is a step too far.

This is a total swing and miss.

Same here. And the answer given by Demo doesn't work for me. I don't get "Downloaded" as an item in the Library tab. Plus, the Shared Library option comes and goes. I have an Airport Extreme router. The wifi connection is solid.

It appears that you can download content from iTMS to your device, but you *can't* sync movies or TV shows from the iTunes app (which still, in the 12.5.4.42 update, thinks it needs the Videos app to sync video content:

I sent feedback to Apple about this, as it's so much easier and faster to sync than download, but I don't think it's fixed yet.

Fixed!. But it takes a little drudge work. Most of my videos were not from iTunes. Either ripped from DVDs I own, or home made videos. So they were listed under Home Videos. Something in the 10.2 update process moved them to the Movies folder in iTunes but did not update the library file. So iTunes could not find them during sync. Here's the fix. In iTunes open Movies or Home Videos (depending on where the videos were before). Switch to List view. In the left most column you will see an exclamation point by the missing videos. Double click on that video. You will get a dialog saying the video can't be found. Click the Locate button. Then navigate to the (in my case) Movies folder. Navigate to the video in question and double click it. Another dialog will come up asking if you want iTunes to look in that location for other missing videos. Click Cancel. (Each video is in it's own folder. It will mess up even more locations if you click OK.) The video will start to play. So X out. Do this for every video that's missing. (That's the drudge part.)