Article: Huggies finds Pampers-free ad platforms; Exclusive deals in VOD, custom publishing aid in battle for babies' bottoms.(News)(video-on-demand)

Byline: JACK NEFF

The diaper wars remain intense in conventional TV and magazines, but Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s Huggies increasingly is taking the battle to a host of nontraditional media in an effort to find new mothers where they are-and often where rival Procter & Gamble Co.'s Pampers can't get them.

Most recently, Huggies has signed on to air five video-on-demand segments on Meredith Corp.'s Parents TV cable network via Comcast (extending a VOD program the brand launched last year with PBS Kidsprout) and signed on as exclusive sponsor of NBC Universal's Newborn Channel, which airs in more than 2,000 hospital maternity wards.

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