With around 6 million subscribers, Netflix is the clear market leader in online rental companies, but Blockbuster is fast catching up. Blockbuster--a longtime movie rental chain--said this morning that it now boasts 2.2 million online subscribers.

In a bid to gain approval for its $86 billion merger with BellSouth, AT&T has agreed to support the principles of Net neutrality for the next two years. That is, AT&T has agreed it won't block or slow down access to Web sites, or otherwise discriminate against certain Web publishers.