Netflix has moved one step closer to winning the slugfest against Apple in the movie rental department. Will they win out?

Netflix has annouced that they have removed the limit on how long a suscriber may watch a movie or television show through their computers on a broadband connection.

This news comes a day before Apple and Steve Jobs is supposedly going to annouce their plans to allow movie rentals through iTunes.

Good move on Netflix in my opinion. More for the consumer is never bad especially when your up against a giant such as Apple.

“Jackass 2.5″, the latest of the Jackass movies will be released online first, free to view, before following the more traditional route of pay-per-view TV, DVD and iTunes. I think this is a fantastic move by Paramount pictures, who are calling it “the first studio-backed feature film to have its premiere online.”

The above video is a preview - the actual movie will be available online from Dec 19 for two weeks.

Via TechCrunch