TV news will soon come to you from a selfie stick

The selfie stick backlash may be in full swing, but one Australian television network is hoping the devices are the future of television.

In an Australian media first, a number of Sky News reporters will soon be filing stories with the help of a selfie stick cousin, the LiveU SmartGRIP.

Sky News — a sister station to Sky News UK — will be rolling out 12 units to video journalists across Australia, Greg Byrnes, channel manager of Sky News Live, told Mashable Australia in an email. He said a number of their journalists are already using the device in the field. Read more...