Powervu has been discussed before on this board.
The following may be useful to you
http://www.wwwdiscussion.com/scripts/webforum/DCForumID7/23.html
Some receivers are able to process PowerVu signals, but there are both encrpyted and non-encrypted signals. For the encrypted powervu signals you would need a suitable CAM/card and I'm not sure where you'd get one in Europe.
2old