It hasn’t been an easy time for the industry as a whole. Broadcast and cable networks have been starved of their most important programming: sports. Advertisers have cut back on television spending by as much as $12 billion, according to the research firm eMarketer. And movie studios haven’t been able to sell tickets ever since stay-at-home orders were put in place.

But Netflix has benefited. It doesn’t have sports programming. It doesn’t have commercials. It doesn’t need movie theaters. Mostly. Hollywood studios have changed tack to release films on streaming services to reach their audiences. On Tuesday, Netflix announced that it had bought the rights to “Enola Holmes,” a period film set in the Sherlock Holmes universe that features Millie Bobbie Brown, the star of the Netflix hit “Stranger Things.” Legendary Entertainment, the studio behind the film, was originally considering a theatrical release.

Netflix’s original programming continued to draw audiences. More than 29 million households tuned into the third season of “Ozark,” a crime drama starring Jason Bateman. The reality show “Love Is Blind” drew 30 million watchers. But the surprise hit was “Tiger King,” a wildly popular documentary series about a tiger breeder and zookeeper in Oklahoma who ultimately landed in prison. The surreal saga was viewed by 64 million subscribers.

Netflix faces a slew of deep-pocketed competitors. The Walt Disney Company unveiled Disney Plus in November and has already racked up over 50 million subscribers. Comcast’s NBCUniversal division launched Peacock last week to more than 15 million Comcast customers before making it widely available this summer. On Tuesday, AT&T announced that HBO Max, its long-awaited, multibillion-dollar effort, would finally roll out on May 27.

Mr. Hastings praised Disney. “I’ve never seen such a good execution,” he said, echoing remarks he made in November. “Disney is the one we have the most to learn from in terms of entertainment,” he said at the time.

Netflix said on Tuesday that it expected the current quarter, which ends in June, to slow down a bit. The company has forecast 7.5 million new subscribers and about $6 billion in sales and $820 million in profit.

As production companies have remained idle, a widening gap has opened up in the industry’s content lineup. Netflix has also put productions on hold, but it is continuing to pay staff out of a $150 million fund it created to shore up the Hollywood economy.