The invention provides a method and a system for configuring a multimedia display content, wherein the method comprises: presetting a template and a task play list in a server; storing display resources in the server; establishing a connection between the display resources and the template and generating a display task; adding the display task into the task play list; configuring the attributes of the display task and the task play list; pushing, by the server, the display task and the task play list to a set top box in accordance with the configured attributes; and analyzing, by the set top box, the display task and then displaying the display task. The method and the system solves problems of heavy workload, a complex process, and impossible flexible deploy of the configuration of the display content, and achieves purposes of improving significantly the efficiency of configuring the display content by a user, simplifying greatly the configuration process and optimizing the process of configuring the display content.