Starz and AMC+ Are Raising Prices on 8 June — The Perfect Excuse for a Streaming Audit
Two more streaming services are increasing prices in June 2026. Here's how to audit your family's streaming stack before the hikes hit — and decide what to actually keep.
Starz is going up to £11.99. AMC+ is going up to £10.99. Both changes take effect on 8 June 2026 — which means you have about a week to decide whether you're staying or going.
If you've been putting off a proper look at what your family actually streams, this is your moment. A deadline has a way of making these decisions happen.
The Broader Picture: Price Increases Have Been Relentless
This June round isn't an isolated event. Streaming costs for the average household have climbed 18% since 2024. Netflix raised its ad-free standard plan from £17.99 to £19.99 back in March. YouTube Premium, Peacock, Disney+ — all have increased this year.
Here's the number that tends to stop people: households that pay for four or more streaming services now spend around £620 per year just on video content. That's before music services, gaming subscriptions, cloud storage, or the sports add-ons that seem to creep in around major tournaments.
The other number worth knowing: most families significantly underestimate what they're paying. A perception gap study found the average household thinks it's spending about £86/month on all subscriptions — but the actual figure is closer to £219. The difference is made up almost entirely of services people barely use.
What a Streaming Audit Actually Looks Like
You don't need a spreadsheet. You just need about fifteen minutes and honest answers to three questions.
1. What have we actually watched in the last 30 days?
Not "what could we watch" — what did you actually watch? Pull up your recently watched lists on each service. If a service doesn't have a single title on that list, it's a candidate for cancellation. Starz and AMC+ in particular are niche enough that many households subscribed for one specific show and never revisited the question.
2. Are we paying for both, or is one enough?
Starz and AMC+ serve similar audiences — prestige drama, older film libraries, crime series. Before June 8, it's worth checking whether your family actively uses both, or whether you could cover 90% of what you watch by keeping just one. The combined post-hike price for both is £22.98/month. Keeping one saves you roughly £130/year.
3. Is there a better way to access this content temporarily?
Both services offer occasional promotional deals — Starz has been known to offer six-month plans at a discount when you try to cancel. If the content matters but the price doesn't, it's worth making the cancellation call just to see what you're offered.
The Services Worth Keeping vs. Cutting
A rough framework for decisions like this:
| Keep if... | Cut if... |
|---|---|
| You watch something on it every week | The last thing you watched was months ago |
| It has content no other service has | The same content exists elsewhere for free or on a service you're already paying for |
| Someone in the family would genuinely miss it | You'd need to be reminded it exists |
| It's part of a bundle that makes financial sense | You subscribed for one show that's now ended |
Starz's main draw remains its original programming — Outlander alumni, Power franchise titles, premium film exclusives. AMC+ has The Walking Dead universe content, classic films, and its own drama slate. If neither of those describes what your family watches, the decision is easy.
What SubManager Catches That You'll Miss
The sneaky part of these price increases isn't the £1 jump itself — it's that most people won't notice. The charge looks roughly the same as it always did, it clears on the same day each month, and nobody thinks to check.
SubManager tracks the exact amount charged for every subscription in your family account. When Starz goes from £10.99 to £11.99, the app flags the change and sends you an alert. That's not just useful for Starz — it catches every quiet price increase across every service, including the ones that don't make headlines. We've seen households with three or four services that had all quietly raised prices over the prior 12 months, adding up to an extra £15–20/month that nobody had noticed.
The renewal alerts help too: if you do decide to subscribe to Starz for a specific season and want to cancel before the next billing date, SubManager will remind you 14 days in advance.
The Timing Is Worth Taking Seriously
June 8 is the kind of deadline that's easy to ignore in the moment and regret in July. A few minutes now — checking what your family actually uses, deciding what makes the cut — could comfortably save £100–200 over the rest of the year.
Start with Starz and AMC+ if you have them, but don't stop there. The streaming landscape has changed significantly in 2026. Your family's viewing habits have probably changed too. The services you signed up for two years ago may not be the right ones today.
That's not a failure of willpower or organisation. It's just what happens when a £9.99 charge renews quietly every month while life keeps moving. The question is whether you want to let it keep happening, or whether you want to spend fifteen minutes this week to stop it.