I've never read somebody saying that, but when I stayed in a hotel built before television (in San Francisco) I was struck by how small the rooms were, and how large the corridors were. The idea being that before television, people spent more time in the coffeshop, bar, or public areas of the hotel. After television, they spent their time in the room, watching TV, and the room had to be designed larger to accomodate the TV and its furniture.