Vardon worked for Hachette Filipacchi Media before launching his first publication in 1985 the adult magazine Projexion Privée.
Between 2010 and 2012, Hot Video was involved in a controversy with National Federation of firefighters of France (FNSPF), that accused the magazine of defamation and insult in relation to an article entitled "Tell-All Investigation Of Sex And Firefighters" ("Enquête vérité sur le sexe et les pompiers") [REF].