1 April 2015: Discovery is making headlines in Asia this year - and not just because new U.S. channel programming head Rich Ross is all about dumping the fake, ditching the weird, and going after more than men.

1 April 2015: AuthenticityFake is out. Authentic is in. "People want to see authentic stories about people," says Tracy Forsyth, vice president, commissioning for BBC Worldwide Channels. It's an opinion being echoed in factual circles around the world.

1 April 2015: Two new hard-core, dyed-in-the-wool documentary channels launch in Asia this year. One is World Heritage Channel, part of Turner Broadcasting's expanded bouquet for Asia.

1 April 2015: Undercover Boss and Top Gear were among the reality and auto shows that dominated BBC Knowledge's prime-time schedules* for the second weeks of March and April this year.

1 April 2015: 2014 was a big year for History.

1 April 2015: National Geographic Channel (NGC) stands out in Asia for big-impact event television such as the coming-soon T Rex Autopsy, which promises a hi-tech, state-of-the-art special effects, "guts and glory" look inside a full-size anatomically correct Tyrannosaurus Rex.