The Paramount Decree of 1948 was a legal ruling that:

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The question asks about the Paramount Decree of 1948 and what legal ruling it produced.
Option a: 'Encouraged studios to embrace widescreen formats so as to compete with Television.' This is not accurate. The decree did not mandate or promote widescreen formats; its focus was on breaking up vertical integration between studios and theater chains to reduce monopolistic control. Widescreen adoption was driven by market competition and technical developments, not a direct consequence of the Paramount Decree.
Option b: 'Ended direct government censorship of Hollywood films.' In reality, government censorship in Hollywood was largely addressed earlier by industry self-regulation via the Production Code. The Paramount Decree did not issue rulings about censorship policies or their termination; it targeted ownership and control structures, not censorship practices.
Option c: 'Forced major studios to separate from their theater chains.' This statement aligns with the core outcome of the Paramount Decree. The ruling required the major film studios to divest themselves of their ownership of theater chains (the vertical integration problem), thereby ending the practice of studios controlling both production and exhibition.
Option d: 'Introduced federal funding for Studio productions for the first time.' The decree did not establish or introduce federal funding for film production. Public funding of film production has never been a hallmark of this ruling, and the decree dealt with antitrust concerns, not financing. 
Overall, the reasoning for each option clarifies why the decree targeted ownership separation rather than censorship, financing, or technological format choices. The only option that coherently reflects the decree’s actual remedy is option c, which describes the forced separation of studios from their theater chains.

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