The invention discloses a method and a device for sending video short messages, which are used for solving the problem that a scheme capable of supporting parallel sending of a large number of high-capacity video short messages does not exist in the prior art. In the embodiment of the invention, a short message platform generates a video short message needing to be sent to a terminal; a video short message needing to be sent to the terminal is sent to a
content distribution server in the CDN; and sending the video short message to a
content distribution server, so that the content distributionserver sends the video short message to a CDN edge platform, and sends platform information of the CDN edge platform determined by a load balancing
system according to the position of the terminal tothe terminal, and the terminal obtains the video short message from the corresponding CDN edge platform according to the platform information. Thus, the large-capacity video short message can be distributed to the CDN edge platform closest to the terminal, so that the terminal can obtain the required content nearby, and the response speed, the sending arrival rate and the capacity of a single piece of information of content downloading of a user are improved.