The present invention provides a unified management method system for channel service as well as service on demand of stream media, which belong to the management technology of stream media service. The method comprises: receiving, by a service processing unit, an instruction of creating a channel, obtaining channel resource required by a channel service from a stream media service unit according to the instruction of creating a channel, and performing control interaction on the stream media service unit where the channel resource is located; receiving, by a service processing unit, an RTSP request, obtaining resource on demand required by a service on demand according to the RTSP request, and performing control interaction on a stream media service unit where the resource on demand is located, thereby realizing unified resource management of channel service and service on demand.