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Old 07-12-2011, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by paulp View Post
Hi,

I purchased a new Apple TV in the UK and have a UK iTunes account and I'm now in South Africa.

I fixed everything up, movie previews work just fine, but I have attempted to rent a movie for 30 days. It has taken £4.49 from my account but when I go to view it on Apple TV it tries to load and then says "An error occurred loading this content"
I would get up with Apple and seek a refund. Your iTunes account is registered for the UK, pricing is set accordingly for that region, as well as actual viewing of the media. This is a virtual version of the region-coding for DVDs. In much the same way a region-1 DVD can't be played on a region-2 DVD player, iTunes media bought with licenses for the UK can't be streamed to areas outside the authorized area. Blame the entertainment industry for these hassles. You'll need to access your iTunes account and change your Country/Region information to reflect where you are in order to rent movies in the future.
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