They were called aerials
Yes, TV antennas will eventually stop working over time.
Sattellite antennas are curved because they will get a better signal or the television would be buffering
The digital TV antennas were made when the analog satellites for TVs went to a Digital satellite. With a converter box and the digital antennas it still makes it possible to use TV that still use the old rabbit ears.
Most people currently have television that do not have antennas because it was required the you get a booster box to pick up certain channels. Howevere, they're are still people that do use antennas.
The most common ones are RG 59 and a low loss cable is RG 6, both are 72 ohm for TV sets and antennas.
Antennas
There might be a few rare older televisions that have antennas, but nationally across all the tv stations, programing have all switched to digital as accordance with law.
They both have antennas
Television antennas. All the houses in Kairouan (doubling for Cairo) had TV antennas on the roofs. To get an overhead shot of the city, they had to get the locals to take down their TV antennas, because the movie takes place before TV was invented.
I dont think there are or will be any TV antennas available for portable DVD players. DVD players are meant to play DVDs and cannot be used as Television, so any question or doubt of antennas does not arise. As far as my knowledge goes this isn't possible.
television antennae
The most common ones are RG59 and a low loss cable is RG 6,both are 72 0hm for tv sets and antennas.