A thorough social networking site in nature, YouAre.tv is a community based online media sharing site that allows online streaming of videos through its sharing networking. The video hosting site promotes independent content creators who can host, promote, share and distribute their work on this video sharing website. YouAreTV has remained focused on independently produced content. YouAreTV utilizes Creative Commons licenses, which offers simplicity for users who wish to share online videos, their work with other creative professionals.

Founded in the year 2005 by four friends studying at the Boston college YouAreTV uses video file formats that includes Flash Video, or .flv, and can be viewed using any web browser with a Macromedia Flash plugging. This format is used for online video streaming viewed on YouAreTV as well as the watch videos online inserted in other video sharing sites using the YouAreTV embedded player. Online streaming videos are converted automatically by the YouAreTV server after upload.

Online video streaming site allows user to share, upload and watch videos online without the need to first download it on the computer and can be played, paused and rewind to the favorite part of the video to watch it over again. With advancement in video technology now we can watch online streaming videos without any delays and interruptions as the speed of online streaming videos has increased many-fold. Video streaming server has also resolved many video streaming problems and helps contribute to the internet networking community as it helps to promote and market online viral video through worldwide audience.